Insert symbols

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Applies To

Outlook for Microsoft 365 New Outlook for Windows

While composing a message in classic Outlook, select Insert > Symbol.
Select a symbol to insert.
If you want, select More Symbols to see additional symbols and choose one.
Select Insert and then Close.

Tip: The Segoe UI Symbol font set has the most commonly used symbols. Use the Font selector above the symbol list to pick a font to use.

While composing a message in new Outlook, you can use the Alt key plus numerals on your keyboard's numeric keypad to insert an ASCII or Unicode Latin-based symbol:

On your keypad, ensure that Num Lock is turned on.
Press and hold the Alt key, then press the numeric code for the symbol you want to insert. Examples:

Character	Key combination
é	Alt+0233
ã	Alt+0227
¿	Alt+0191
€	Alt+0128

For a detailed list of characters and their key codes, see Insert ASCII or Unicode Latin-based symbols and characters. This is a lengthy article with several tables for various categories of symbols.