gear symbol

[oscarlimerick]

Good day folks. Can somebody please provide me step by step directions for how to insert the cog or gear symbol into a word document? I'm guessing I need to go to insert and then look through the special characters but I don't have time to hunt for this. Google says I need to search for U+2699 but this symbol is obviously not the gear symbol. PLease advise when you can. Many thanks

[Robert2]

U+2699 is Unicode for "GEAR" (⚙).
U+26ED is Unicode for "GEAR WITHOUT HUB" (⛭).
U+26EE is Unicode for "GEAR WITH HANDLES" (⛮).

[oscarlimerick]

I still can't find them. Maybe I'm using the wrong font? HOw fdo I know what font to use for different symbols? Thanks

[Robert2]

Just type 2699 (the Unicode number), immediately followed by Alt+X. Word will replace the Unicode number with the corresponding symbol in the appropriate font.

[Charles Kenyon]

When I typed the number and pressed Alt+X Word entered the symbol with the Segoe UI Symbol font.
Insert ASCII or Unicode character codes in Word - Microsoft Support

I did nothing to change the font. To change back, I used Ctrl+Spacebar to remove direct formatting (return to the underlying paragraph style).

[oscarlimerick]

Yes, that seems to do the trick.Thanks for all the help, I will mark this thread as solved