Symbol in Excel

James240

Hi guys bit of a lame question but does any one know how to put a "tick" symbol (i.e. to say its done as to oppose a cross symbol to say its not.) into an excel spreadsheet cos for the life of me i cant think how to do it all. Cheers guys :beer:

rmg1

If you change your font to something like Wingdings or Webdings, there are various symbols in there that correspond to letters. It will just be a case of finding the right one through trial and error.

hfr45

It’s a long-winded process:

Go to Word, insert, symbol, wingdings, highlight the tick, click insert. This will put the tick on your Word page. You can enlarge it at this stage. Highlight the tick, click on copy, go to the cell in Excel and paste.

BeerBelly

Do the folloiwnG:

- Insert
- Symbol
- Change Font to Windings (left hand drop down)
- Scroll down a bit and you will see Tick and Cross

I always forget to change font and think its disappeared!

:beer:

BeerBelly

Damn, he beat me by a couple of seconds!

Not that long winded - but annoying I'd have to agree.

taxi97w

In XP

Start>
Programs>
Accessories>
System Tools>
Character Map>

The 3rd row from the bottom has the tick.
Click on the tick>
Click Select>
Go to your document and paste.

zfrl

hfr45 wrote: »

Go to Word

You don't need to go to word - you do it all in excel.

hfr45

"You don't need to go to word - you do it all in excel."

In Excel when I click insert there is no symbol option.

Acehole_2

in fonts choose marlett then lower case b will insert a tick

James240

ah ha! cheers peeps for the responses i will have a go at it now cos im trying to compile a spreadsheet at work lol thanks for allt he responses :beer:

cwoodham

hfr45 wrote: »

In Excel when I click insert there is no symbol option.

I've found the same thing. Doesn't seem to be supported in Excel 2000.