"Tick" keyboard shortcut??
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Lynsey
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to insert a "tick"??? And if so how??
Many thanks,
Lynsey
Many thanks,
Lynsey
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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.
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Excellent, many thanks.
Does this work on a laptop - no numeric pad??
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space bar
click or tab to the "square box" and hit the space bar
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Thanks, great tip weegie.geek0
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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.0 -
It did not work using Open Office software, I have a laptop too with no number pad, so I guess the numbers across the top do not work with this shortcut??????0
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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...0 -
thanks - same on my laptop too. Will try it0
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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?
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Hi,
in Open Office, Writer and Calc, hit insert, special character, change right hand dropdown to mathematical operators, you will find it there.
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