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Arrow Symbol Alt Codes

Here’s how to type arrow on Mac: Press and hold Control + Command + Space. You’ll see the Character viewer. There’s a search bar in this window. The “Home” button on a Mac keyboard: Fn + Left Arrow. The ‘fn’ key on the Mac keyboard is the function button, hitting that with the left arrow will immediately jump to the very top of a page in the active application of Mac OS. This is the exact same function as hitting the “Home” button on a Windows PC.

There are different types of arrows that are represented by an Alt Code value. You can type arrow symbols in Excel, in Word etc or you can copy and paste them anywhere you like.

How to type an arrow?

To type an arrow symbol by using its Alt Code in Word, in Excel etc;

• Make sure you switch on the NumLock,
• press and hold down the Alt key,
• type the Alt Code value of the arrow you want, for example for an arrow down symbol, type 25 on the numeric pad,
• release the Alt key and you got a ↓ downwards arrow.

** Above mentioned procedure is not aplicable for MacOS.

For more information on how to use symbols, emojis please check our How to use Alt-Codes? page.

Arrow Emojis with Unicode Values

Apart from the depiction of arrow symbols just with plain lines, there are quite a few numbers of decorative arrow emojis in the Unicode world. Below there is the list of arrow symbol emojis. You may copy&paste them anywhere you like. You may also display arrow emojis, on your web page designs, and computer programs by typing their Unicode Hex values

Arrow Symbols with Unicode Values

There are more than 600 arrow symbols in Unicode library. We chose about half of them, for you not to get lost in them. You may copy-paste them anywhere you like, or you may use their Unicode values, within your HTML and other programming codes. Before you pick your favorite arrow, let's see how to type an arrow symbol in Word or in Excel?

How to type an Arrow in Word or in Excel by using it's Unicode value?

First type the Unicode Hex value of the arrow symbol to where you want it, and select the value by cursor, then press and hold down the alt key down, and pres x.

For example to type an arrow down in Word;

• First type 2193 to where you want to make the down arrow,
• select 2193 by cursor,
• while the Unicode Hex value is selected, press and hold down the Alt key, and type X,
• release the Alt key and you got a ↓ downwards arrow.

** Above mentioned procedure is not aplicable for MacOS.

Mac Keyboard Arrow Symbol

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