MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters Like Office Insert Symbol the Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases does NOT support high-end Unicode characters like emoji. The current Windows Emoji Panel (Windows 10 and 11) doesn’t support musical note symbols – ridiculous but sadly true. Word’s Find can’t find all Unicode symbols and emoji Windows Emoji Panel Insert | Symbols | Symbol should work but doesn’t because, at present, Office for Windows doesn’t support the high-numbered Unicode symbols.
Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut. If you use a symbol often, a fast way to enter it is AutoCorrect.
(Beamed Semi-quaver) ♬ 266C Quick access for commonly used symbols. (Beamed Quaver) ♫ 266b Beamed Sixteenth Note ♬ Use the Alt + X shortcut in Word for Windows, for example type 266b then Alt + X to type ♫ Beamed Eighth Note ♫ These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the three symbols. There are specialist musical notation fonts such as Bravura ( OpenType download) which has sans-serif versions of the notes. The only common Office font that can help is Segoe UI Symbol. Beamed musical notes different in each font Unicode only has two ‘beamed’ or joined musical notes, the Eighth or Quaver and the Sixteenth of Semi-quaver.
