
Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.On a Mac, to enter the Male, Female or combo symbol:

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 or musical notes. 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. There are also symbols for some Beamed ♬ Musical Notes ♫ in Word, PowerPoint and More Quick access for commonly used symbols. (semihemidemisemiquaver quasihemidemisemiquaver) 𝅘𝅥𝅲 1d164 Beamed ♫ Musical Notes (hemidemisemiquaver or semidemisemiquaver) 𝅘𝅥𝅱 1d163 One Hundred and Twenty eighth note (demisemiquaver) 𝅘𝅥𝅰 1d162 Sixth fourth note (semiquaver) 𝅘𝅥𝅯 1d161 Thirty second note Use the Alt + X shortcut in Word for Windows, for example type 1d160 then Alt + X to type 𝅘𝅥𝅮 Breve

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.

How musical notes look in different fonts.
