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Arrows in Microsoft Word - so it works

  • Oct 26, 2025
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In Word, you can insert various Ways arrows. We will show you in this practical tip two different approaches.

To paste in Word arrows

  1. Open Word and switch to the tab "Insert".
  2. Then, select "forms". You see now, depending on the Version of Word to have a similar bar like in the Screenshot.
  3. Click on the desired arrow, and align the Symbol on your Word document.
  4. You can then edit the arrows by, for example, changing the fill color. Click, double-click the arrow and adjust the options in the status bar.
Word: arrow insert

Arrows to paste with a keyboard shortcut in Word

Alternatively, you can add the arrows by means of a key combination in Word. We will show you how to do this:
  1. If you press the [ALT] key and then the keys [1] and [6] in a row, you get a right arrow (►).
  2. If you press the [ALT] key and then the keys [1] and [7] in a row, you get a left arrow (◄).
In addition, practical tips will show you how you a picture in Word to crop and how do you a image in Word, flip can.

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