Where in MS Word are the double arrows that represent equilibrium

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

There are a lot more wordsmiths here than chemists. So, if you could provide
an example of what you mean, perhaps we could tell you a) if Word has it,
and b) where to find it.

Offhand, I'd think your best bet might be to try the equation editor, since
it has a lot of symbols that other parts of Word don't. Insert - Object -
Microsoft Equation. I'm guessing that the arrows you seek are in the first
row, 4th box from the left.

Something similar can be found in the Wingdings symbols font (Insert -
Symbol - Symbols tab), bottom row, or in the Symbol font, 2nd row from the
bottom.

There are more in the Drawing toolbar, in Autoshapes - Block Arrows.

 

[Jezebel]

Symbols aren't 'in Word' as such -- they are in the fonts installed on your
computer. Go to Insert > Symbol and search. If you can't find it, you'll
need to download a font that contains it (Do a Google on font +symbol
+chemistry, or some such.)

Or if it's just a one-off, you could create the symbol yourself with two
separate arrows in borderless and transparent textboxes, carefully
positioned.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Type the code 21c4 and then press Alt+X. This will insert the
character with that hexadecimal code from the Lucida Sans Unicode
font.

The same character (with the same hex code) is also available in the
Arial Unicode MS font, but you have to use the Insert > Symbol dialog
(or insert the Lucida character and then change its font) to get it.
The Arial character is noticeably narrower than the Lucida one.