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Method #1: Insert Keyboard Arrows
Step #1: Open a Word Document
Open the Word Document in which you want to insert arrows. Place your cursor at the position where the arrow should appear.
Step #2: Insert keyboard arrows
Type two Hyphens and a More Than sign to insert a Right arrow.
Type a Less Than sign and two Hyphens to insert a Left arrow.
Type two Equal signs and a More Than sign to insert a Bold Right arrow
Type a Less Than sign and two Equal signs to insert a Bold Left arrow
Type a Less Than sign, one Equal sign, and a More Than sign to insert a Double arrow.
This is how the arrows look.
Method #2: Insert Arrows by Unicode
Step #1: Open a Word Document
Open the Word Document in which you want to insert arrows. Place your cursor at the position where the arrow should appear.
Step #2: Insert unicodes for arrows
Hold down the Alt key on your keyboard and type the following numbers on the numeric keypad. Release the Alt key only after you have finished typing the complete string. Follow the table for the type of arrow you want to insert.
Arrow Type Alt+Unicode (on numerical keypad)
Left Arrow Alt+8592
Right Arrow Alt+8494
Up Arrow Alt+8593
Down Arrow Alt+8595
Left-Right Double Arrow Alt+8596
Up-Down Double Arrow Alt+8597
This is how the arrows look.
Method #3: Insert Arrows as symbols
Step #1: Open a Word Document
Open the Word Document in which you want to insert arrows. Place your cursor at the position where you want the arrow to appear.
Step #2: Open the Symbols Table
Click on the Insert tab on the top menu bar to change the ribbon. In the Symbols section, click on Symbols, and then on More Symbols to open the Symbols Table.
Step #3: Select and insert the Symbol
Scroll up and down to see various symbols, and click on the one you want to insert. Click on the Insert tab to insert the symbol and then click on the Close tab to close the table. This is how your document will look.
Method #4: Insert Line Arrows
Step #1: Open a Word Document
Open the Word Document in which you want to insert line arrows.
Step #2: Select the Shape
Click on the Insert tab on the top menu bar to change the ribbon. In the Illustrations section, click on Shapes to open the choice of Shapes.
Under Lines, click on the second shape from the left. If you prefer, select any other line shape instead. Word closes the choice of Shapes and changes the cursor to a cross.
Step #3: Draw the arrow
Move the cursor to the position where you want the tail of the arrow to be, hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse and the cross to where you want the arrow to point. Word will insert the arrow, and when you release the mouse button, will place the arrow.
Step #4: Modify the arrow
Notice that the ribbon has changed and Word has opened the Format tab under Drawing Tools. The section Shape Styles allows changing the shape of the arrow such as:
Style
Outline
Effects
Shape
Style — Click on the downward arrow on the right of Subtle Shapes [1] to open the Theme Styles and Presets choice. Proceed from Step #5.
Outline — Click on the small triangle on the right of Shape Outline [2] to open the Theme Colors dialog. Proceed from Step #6.
Effects — Click on the small triangle on the right of Shape Effects [3] to open the Effects selection. Proceed from Step #7.
Shape — Click on the small triangle at the bottom right of Shape Styles section [4] to open the Format Shape dialog. Proceed from Step #8.
Step #5: Change the style of the arrow
In the Theme Styles and Presets choice, Word offers some preset styles. Click on the one you like best, and the arrow will change accordingly.
Step #6: Change the outline of the arrow
In the Theme Colors dialog, Word allows you to change many features of your arrow:
Color
Weight
Dashes
Arrow
You can change the color of the arrow, weight (thickness) of the arrow, Dashes (solid line or dotted) of the arrow, and Arrows (type of the arrow head). Simply hover the mouse pointer over the tabs—Weight, Dashes, and Arrow—to see the choices available. Click on the choice you like.
Step #7: Change the shape effects of the arrow
