Sending an email to your friend is not a big deal. But do you know that you can put a picture in the subject line of an email? Although you may not find a direct option in Gmail or Outlook.com, it is possible to insert some symbols or characters in the subject line as well as in the body to make it detached from other standard emails. In this article, we will show you how to insert an emoji or symbol in the email subject line or body.
We often need to send an image to someone, and fortunately, almost all the regular email services allow users to insert a picture in the email body. The subject line first grabs the recipient’s attention to give a synopsis of the entire email. Unfortunately, the subject line doesn’t work as an email body does, which implies you cannot insert a .png or .jpeg picture in it, irrespective of your email client. Fortunately, it is possible to enter some characters to make the subject text different from others.
On Windows 11/10, it is quite straightforward to get the job done, thanks to the Emoji Panel and the Character Map in-built tools. They let you use Emojis and insert symbols on Windows 11/10 respectively. You can use the same tool to add symbols in your email’s subject line as well. This article exhibits how you can make use of that Windows tool across all email clients, including Outlook. It’s a simple copy-paste job, actually!
Insert an emoji in the Email Subject Line or Body
To insert an emoji or emoticon in the subject line of an email, you can use the Windows 11/10 built-in Emoji Panel. The following instructions will guide you on this:
- Open the Outlook app.
- Press the Win + ; keys to open the Emoji Panel.
- Place the cursor in the desired location.
- Select the Emoticon.
- The emoji will be inserted.
To insert an emoji in the Email body, follow the same procedure. First, place the mouse cursor at the place in the email body where you want to add an emoji. Then, press the Win + ; keys together to open the Emoji Panel. When the Emoji Panel appears on your screen, select the Emoticon you want to add to your email body; and the emoji will be inserted.
Similarly, you can add Emojis to File and Folder names too!
Add a symbol in the Email Subject Line
Windows 11/10 has a built-in Character Map. You can use this Character Map to insert characters into any document, like Word, Excel, Google Docs, etc. We will show you how to use this built-in Character Map to insert a symbol in the Email subject line or body. The following instructions will help you with that:
- Click on Windows Search and type character map.
- Select the Character Map from the search results. This will open the Character Map.
- Select the Arial Font.
- Click on the symbol in the chart you want to add to your email subject line or body.
- Now, click on the Select button. The symbol will appear in the Characters to copy field. You can select more than one character and copy them at once.
- Now, click on the Copy button. This will copy the selected symbol to the Clipboard.
- Paste the symbol in your email subject line.
- Send it to the recipient.
Once you copy the characters, you can paste them anywhere, like in the email subject line, in the email body, and in other applications, such as Word, Excel, etc.
Windows 11 has an improved Emoji Panel. You can also use the Emoji Panel to insert the symbols. Press the Win + ; keys to open the Emoji Panel in Windows 11. In the Emoji Panel, scroll down to the bottom to view the Symbols section. Now, click on the arrow just next to the Symbols section to view all the symbols. Now, you can easily insert symbols based on their categories, like General Symbols, Latin Symbols, Geometric Symbols, etc.
Before sending an email with symbols in the subject line, you should know a few things:
- Not all email clients across all operating systems support those symbols. You are requested to check the compatibility before using those characters.
- Do not overuse symbols as email services may get off your email in the Spam folder instead of your Inbox. In other words, it increases the chance of email spamming.
I hope this simple tutorial helps you.
Can you use symbol in email subject line?
Yes, you can add symbols to the email subject line. To do so, copy the symbol you want to add to the email subject line and paste it into the subject line. To copy the required symbol, you can use Windows 11/10 built-in Character Map or search for the character chart online.
Can you add an image to an email subject line?
No, you cannot add an image to the email subject line. Instead, the images can be added to the email body. However, you can add symbols and emojis to the email subject line.
Read next: How to make your own Emoji.
