( Log Out /  Hello Joanne – The letter/number associated with each symbol is listed above it, in the orange column header.

Wow this is fantastic…thanks for posting.

I’ll definitely be using these tips in my slide designs. Font

Recently Microsoft introduced a brand new section in Microsoft Office programs where you can insert Icons, but there are still many people using the Wingdings & Webdings characters in Office documents, so we have created this simple Webdings Charts mapping the characters to each symbol, so it can be used as a Wingdings translator. I have tried for years to find a book or chart of some kind to help with windings. Sending secret messages in code, […], Yay! ( Log Out / 

So glad you found it useful. If you are interested to learn more about Icons in PowerPoint 2016, please watch this demo video.


a hollow diamond: which key on the Keyboard do I have to press?

If anyone else does, please post and I’ll update the character map to include those additional wingdings. Hey ! About the author: Bruce Gabrielle is author of Speaking PowerPoint: the New Language of Business, showing a 12-step method for creating clearer and more persuasive PowerPoint slides for boardroom presentations. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Visit Matthew’s site here.

Basically, now you can insert icons in PowerPoint from the Insert menu, clicking Insert -> Icons menu. have printed off the sheet and bookmarked it and loaded it to my doc so I can always find it. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I’m making a keyboard shortcut list for a software training manual and you have just saved me HOURS of searching (and frustration). Click here for a printable version. This saved me time looking for the character that makes a heart. ian….somewhere in rural essex uk. View fullsize. About the author: Bruce Gabrielle is author of Speaking PowerPoint: the New Language of Business, showing a 12-step method for creating clearer and more persuasive PowerPoint slides for boardroom presentations. And thanks to Matthew Trump for his video. Do you have that? The Wingdings fonts were designed by Kris Holmes and Charles Bigelow in 1990 and 1991. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site.

Storytelling with Graphs: A New Approach Beyond Data Visualization. I looked for these and could not find them in a clear and concise way anywhere else. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. PowerPoint® and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, Get The Latest Templates Delivered To Your Inbox. Thanks for doing the homework for us, Bruce. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Click to enlarge. Do you know how to set up the remaing Wingdings which are shown at Wikipedia? Graphs tell the story. I have typed them out and printed several times , but I somehow have always misplaced them. You star. Visit Matthew’s site here.

Bruce has created a PowerPoint slide which is easy to follow. Wingdings, Your email address will not be published. They had been at the start developed in 1990 by Microsoft by using combining glyphs from Lucida Icons, Arrows, and Stars licensed from Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes.

I’m a preschool director and needed some symbols for our Mother’s Day poem to go on our flower pots! I was trying to type a little heart, which I see on the chart, but if I push on the Y I get nothing. I’ll display your website on it of course. So I created this handy printable cheat sheet for an at-a-glance view of all available symbols. Speaking PowerPoint. Thank you! Very kind, thank you! Clicking the link below you can download the Wingdings & Webdings chart in a PowerPoint format, so you can easily copy and paste the icons into your own slides, or create custom icons with a circular shape in the background. Hello!! Can I translate it in french ? Font Face Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Hi Linda – change the font to “Webdings” and press Y. When you need an icon or symbol, like a lightning bolt or checkmark, it’s sometimes hard to navigate the different Wingdings and Webdings fonts. Unfortunately there are no instructions how to use this chart! Check Mark Finally! I meant translate the title and add a small explanation saying that these are fonts, and where it works for beginners. I was inspired …

Your email address will not be published. For instance, you can copy a wingdings arrow, the checkmarks, or any other wingdings symbol into your slides to …

The fonts were originally named Lucida Icons, Arrows, and Stars to complement the Lucida text font family by the same designers. Then the heart will show up.
What I need is the corresponding letters/numbers to each symbol.