To type the Circle Symbol on Mac, press Option + 25EF shortcut on your keyboard. For Windows users, simply press down one of the Alt keys and type 9 (on Windows) or 9711 (in Word) using the numeric keypad, then let go of the Alt key.

MS Word shortcut to type the Circle symbol is 25EF, Alt + X. To use this shortcut, open your Microsoft Word document, position the insertion pointer where you want to type the Circle Text symbol, and then follow the simple instructions below: Simply type 25EF. Then press Alt plus X simultaneously.

Open your Word document and go to the Insert tab. Click "Shapes" to view the available options. The closest shape to a circle is the oval, which works well for circling text. Choose that option in the Basic Shapes section. Your cursor changes to a plus sign. Click and then drag to draw the oval on your document.