"Tick" keyboard shortcut??

hold down the left alt key to the left of the space bar, type 251 on the numeric keypad, and let go of alt.

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It's not really a tick, but it's the closest you'll get in ascii without having to use a font with an actual tick in it.

It'll work in nearly every font on every system, as it's the square-root symbol

Use it all the time to check off spreadsheets, on the Mac it's much easier to enter it!

You can find "true" ticks but using a symbol font such as Windings on Windows.

Entering alt codes has to be done by the numeric keypad not the normal numbers at the top of the keyboard. OpenOffice must have a symbol / character map insert tool like Word... have a look through the menus.

Else just add it to a doc on a desktop and copy it over.

Most laptops can spoof a numeric pad but holding down the Function Key (bottom right), turning letters into it, e.g. on my Dell U I O = 4 5 6 with the Fn key pressed...

I've just tried to find it on my macbook in an ordinary text window like the one I'm typing in now.

I held down the left alt button and pressed "v".

Here it is again.

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You prompted me to go looking for it.

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Loving it.

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Can you tell?

Thanks! √

Sonny