If you like using symbols it might be worth your while to create a catalog of symbols and their character codes. Run the script, and you should see a smiley face in your document. That’s it: we call the InsertSymbol method followed by the desired character code and the desired font. We call the Add() method to create a new document, then create an instance of the Word Selection object.Īt that point all we need is one line of code in order to insert the smiley face symbol: objSelection.InsertSymbol 74, “Wingdings” We begin by creating an instance of the Word.Application object, and then set the Visible property to True. ObjSelection.InsertSymbol 74, “Wingdings” Now that we know the font we want to use (Wingdings) and the character code for our symbol (74), we’re ready to write a script that inserts the smiley face into a Word document: Set objWord = CreateObject(“Word.Application”) When we do so, the character code for the smiley face is listed in the Character code box. Perhaps the easiest way to do this (although we’ll show you another method at the end of today’s column) is to open up the Symbol dialog box, select the desired font, and then click on the symbol you want to insert:Īs you can see, we’ve selected the smiley face.
(No, we don’t know why we liked it, we just did.) Second – and by far most important – this is an easy one, one we can answer with just a few lines of code.Īs we’ll see, the code for inserting a symbol into a Word document is trivial what’s tricky is figuring out which symbol you want to insert (as well as the character code for that symbol). First, we just liked the phrase insert a Wingding symbol.
In case you’re wondering, there were two reasons why we decided to answer your question. Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a Wingding symbol into a Word document?
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