In Microsoft Word, if you want to find or insert circled characters (for example, circled numbers or letters), you can do so in a few ways:
In the Word document, click on the "Insert" tab.
Select Symbols > More Symbols.
In the pop-up Symbols dialog box, set the Font to (Normal Text) or a specific font, and then select Closed Alphanumeric or similar in the Subset drop-down menu, depending on your version of Word and the font installed.
Scroll to find the circled character you want, tap on it, and select "Insert".
If you can't find the circled characters you need in Word, you can use the Character Map for Windows:
Type in "Character Map" in the Windows search box and open it.
In the Character Map, select a font that supports circled characters.
Find the circled character you need, select it, and click "Copy".
Go back to the Word document and paste the copied characters into the document.
For some circled numbers, you can insert them directly via their unicode plus a shortcut key
Determine the unicode you need with circled characters. For example, unicode with the circled number 1 is
In Word, type the Unicode.
Press immediatelyaltkey andxKey. This will convert the ** you just typed to the corresponding circled character.
For specific circled characters that are frequently used, you can set an autocorrect rule so that whenever you type a specific word or **, Word will automatically convert it to a circled character:
In Word, click "File" > "Options" > "Proofreading" > "Autocorrect Options".
In the AutoCorrect dialog box, enter a short ** that you will remember and use to trigger the correction, such as "1" corresponds to the circled number 1.
In the Replace with box, paste or enter the circled characters that you copied earlier from Character Map.
Click the "Add" button and then "OK".
Using these methods, you should be able to find or insert any circled characters in the Word document.