Phone sign in word

This is a very thorough guide with several methods you can use to insert or type Phone Symbols or Telephone Signs (☏) in Microsoft Word for Windows. You’ll learn all the easy methods including the Alt code shortcut.

Without wasting much time, let’s get started.

Quick Guide for typing the Phone symbol (☏)

To type the Phone Symbol in Word, press down the Alt key and type 9743 using the numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard.

The table below contains everything you need to know to be able to type this symbol in Microsoft Word for Windows

Name of Symbol	Phone sign
Symbol Text	☏
Symbol Alt Code	9743
Shortcut in Word	Alt + 9743

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More details about typing the Phone Symbol

The above information is enough for you to insert the Phone sign into your Microsoft Word document.

However, if you are not satisfied with this quick help, keep reading below as I will explain in detail, how to get this symbol or any other symbol anywhere on your MS Word for Windows.

As you may already know, there are several dual-purpose keys on the keyboard for both Windows and Mac. That is to say that there are symbols readily available as second keys on the keyboard. Just by pressing two or more keys simultaneously, you can easily insert such symbols into your work. For instance, pressing Shift + 7 keys give you the Ampersand (&) sign.

However, other symbols aren’t printed on the keyboard as second keys. This makes it difficult to type. One of these symbols is the Phone Symbol (☏).

Typing becomes very difficult for you if you need to add some of these symbols regularly into your work.

But it doesn’t have to be difficult. Especially now that you are reading this step-by-step guide.

In the following sections, I will show you all the easy ways to type or insert this symbol (☏) on your MS Word for Windows.

In a couple of minutes, I’ll explain several methods you can use to get the (☏) and any other symbol as and when the need arises.

As a quick guide to type Phone sign on keyboard, press down the Alt key and type 9743 alt code on your numeric keypad.

However, without any further ado, below are the methods explained into details.

1. Phone Symbol Shortcuts

Windows has several shortcuts, some of which work only in Microsoft Word. The Phone symbol is one of them. The shortcut is the alt code shortcut which is Alt + 9743.

The Phone (☏) Symbol Alt Code shortcut is 9743.

Every symbol in Word has a unique code that you can use to insert the symbol into your document. This code is well known as “Alt code”.

Below are the steps to type this symbol on your keyboard (using the Alt code provided above:

• Press the num lock key to enable the numeric keypad. Use Fn key + NumLk keys to turn on Num Lock on laptops without the numeric keypad.
• Press and hold the Alt key and type 9743 using the numeric keypad.
• After typing the Alt code (i.e. 9743), release the [Alt] key you pressed down.

As soon as you release the Alt Key, the Phone (☏) symbol should appear in your document.

2. Copy and paste Phone symbol

Use the phone symbol below to copy and paste into your work.

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My favorite method for inserting symbols is the copy and paste.

With this method, all you need to do is google the symbol you need to type, then copy it from one of the search results provided. Once you get the symbol into your document, you can always recopy and paste it as and when the need arises.

Use the button above to get this symbol on your clipboard.

3. Using Insert Symbol Dialog

This approach isn’t as straight forward as the shortcut methods. But it’s fairly simple.

And once you get the symbol into your document, you can always copy and paste it again as and when you need it in your work.

Below are the steps to insert the Phone Sign in Word using the insert symbol dialog.

• Go to the Insert tab.

• On the Insert tab, click the Symbol button and choose More Symbols…

These few clicks will bring up the Symbol dialog box.

• Locate the Symbol you want to insert.

To easily find the Phone symbol on the Symbols window, click on the Font drop-down and change it to Wingdings, then look at the bottom area of the dialog and type 0028 in the Character code: field. The symbol you want to insert will be selected after typing the code.

• Click on the Insert button.

Alternatively, double-clicking on the symbol will also insert the symbol into your document.

• Click the Close button.

This is how you may insert this symbol in Word using the insert symbol dialog.

Conclusion

As you can see, these are the various ways you may insert or type the Phone symbol in Word/Excel with or without using the keyboard.

My favorite method is using the copy and paste method followed by the Alt Code Shortcut. The Insert Symbol method also is very handy.

For any comments or questions about this Phone sign guide, please let me know in the comments section below.

Thanks for reading.

In today’s article, you’ll learn how to use some keyboard shortcuts and other methods to type or insert the Phone Symbol (text) in MS Word for Windows.

Just before we begin, I’ll like to tell you that you can also use the button below to copy and paste the Phone symbol text into your work for free.

However, if you just want to type this symbol on your keyboard, the actionable steps below will show you everything you need to know.

Phone Symbol [☏] Quick Guide

To type the Phone Symbol on Word for Windows, simply press down the Alt key and type 9743 using the numeric keypad, then let go of the Alt key. This shortcut can work only on MS Word.

The below table contains all the information you need to type this Symbol on the keyboard on Word for Windows PC.

Symbol Name	Phone Sign
Symbol Text	☏
Alt Code	9743
Shortcut for Windows	Alt+9743

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The quick guide above provides some useful shortcuts and alt codes on how to type the Phone symbol in Word on Windows.

For more details, below are some other methods you can also use to insert this symbol into your work such as Word or Excel document.

Microsoft Office provides several methods for typing Phone Symbol or inserting symbols that do not have dedicated keys on the keyboard.

In this section, I will make available for you 3 different methods you can use to type or insert this and any other symbol on your PC, like in MS Word for Windows.

Without any further ado, let’s get started.

See Also: How to type Envelope Symbol in Word

Using the Phone Symbol Alt Code (Windows Only)

The Phone Symbol alt code is 9743.

Even though this Symbol has no dedicated key on the keyboard, you can still type it on the keyboard with the Alt code method. To do this, press and hold the Alt key whilst pressing the Phone Alt code (i.e. 9743) using the numeric keypad.

This method works on Windows only. And your keyboard must also have a numeric keypad.

Below is a break-down of the steps you can take to type the Phone Sign on your Windows PC:

• Place your insertion pointer where you need the Phone Symbol text.
• Press and hold one of the Alt keys on your keyboard.
• Whilst holding on to the Alt key, press the Phone Symbol’s alt code (9743). You must use the numeric keypad to type the alt code. If you are using a laptop without the numeric keypad, this method may not work for you. On some laptops, there’s a hidden numeric keypad which you can enable by pressing Fn+NmLk on the keyboard.
• Release the Alt key after typing the Alt code to insert the Symbol into your document.

This is how you may type this symbol in Word using the Alt Code method.

Copy and Paste Phone Sign ☏ (text)

Another easy way to get the Phone Symbol on any PC is to use my favorite method: copy and paste.

All you have to do is to copy the symbol from somewhere like a web page, or the character map for windows users, and head over to where you need the symbol (say in Word or Excel), then hit Ctrl+V to paste.

Below is the symbol for you to copy and paste into your Word document. Just select it and press Ctrl+C to copy, switch over to Microsoft Word, place your insertion pointer at the desired location, and press Ctrl+V to paste.

☏

Alternatively, just use the copy button at the beginning of this post.

Using insert Symbol dialog box (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

The insert symbol dialog box is a library of symbols from where you can insert any symbol into your Word document with just a couple of mouse clicks.

Obey the following steps to insert this symbol (☏) in Word or Excel using the insert symbol dialog box.

• Open your Word/Excel/PowerPoint document.
• Click to place the insertion pointer where you wish to insert the symbol.
• Go to the Insert tab.

• In the Symbols category, click on the Symbol drop-down and select the More Symbols button.

The Symbol dialog box will appear.

• To easily locate the Phone symbol, select Wingdings font type in the Font drop-down at the upper left section of the window. Then type 0028 in the character code field at the bottom area of the window. After typing this character code, the Phone symbol will appear selected.
• Now click on the Insert button to insert the symbol into your document.

• Close the dialog.

The symbol will then be inserted exactly where you placed the insertion pointer.

These are the steps you may use to insert this Symbol in Word.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are several different methods you can use to type the Phone Sign in Microsoft Word.

Using the alt code shortcut for Word makes the fastest option for this task. Shortcuts are always fast.

Thank you very much for reading this blog.

If you have anything thing to say or questions to ask concerning the Phone Symbol, please drop it in the comments.