Press and hold key while tapping corresponding numeric code. First you should make sure that your numeric keypad is enabled, otherwise, tap to turn on it.Ģ. Insert Arrow by CodeĪlternatively, you can also insert different arrows in Word only by keyboard.ġ. Select the one you want and hit Insert button to add it to your document. Change the Font into Wingdings in the popping out Symbol window, scroll down till the end and you’ll find many different arrow symbols here. Go to Insert tab, click Symbol button on the right of the ribbon and choose More Symbols… in the menu.Ģ. Open the Word document (or Excel file).Ģ. You can also change its color or effect in Format ( Drawing Tools) tab. Hold your mouse to draw a shape you selected, and drag its frame to adjust the size and direction of the arrow.Ĥ. There are many different types of arrows with different directions, you can choose any one you like.ģ. Switch to Insert tab, click Shape button to expand the drop-down menu.Ģ. The method 1 and method 2 can also be applied in Microsoft Excel. Since they can’t be typed directly like numbers and characters, here I’d like to introduce 3 common used ways to insert arrows in Word. This technique of using caret as exponential is commonly seen in question papers and textbooks.When editing documents in Word, sometimes we can insert some graphic symbols to make the content more intuitive and lively, like arrows with different shapes and directions. If you want to write 2 4 = 16, you can use caret symbol to do the same. The caret symbols can be used in various combinations to form creative emoticons for the chat language. If a person is sending many carets together (^^^^^^^^^), it is an indication that the readers have to read or view a previously mentioned line again. To refer to a previous comment or chat again.To reply to someone’s post just above your post.In the online chatting world, caret is used for various purposes – To indicate something that has been mentioned already This will ensure the writer knows what text has been added and where.Ħ. “She could done a better job.” Use caret to add the word ‘have’ – Most proof-readers use caret to indicate any mistakes in a document. Ĭaret symbol is used to denote angles, transforms (like Fourier transform) and unit vector (û). Here, a is the long vowel and hence there is a caret. It is useful while writing what is spoken, for example a dialogue, poem or a speech.Ĭaret also comes handy when the vowels ( â, ê, and ô) need to be stressed in a word in some languages. This tone contouring is denoted by the ^ or caret symbol.
In some languages, the tone in which a word is said keeps changing with pitch falling down and rising from syllable to syllable or even word-to-word. In place of some commands like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and so on, some documentations use ^C, ^V respectively. Similarly, for an email id, the regular expression is ^(+other regex.Ĭaret is also used for bitwise XOR in programming languages like C. For example, ^\d will match strings or patterns like “abcde” in “abcdefghi”. Many programming languages use ^ to match first character in a line or string. Computer programming languages and regular expressions Here are a few places where caret symbol is used –ġ. Caret is a Latin word which means ‘to be separated’.