Here's an answer I took out of a previous post by Dave Peterson:
If you're using xl2002+, you could use Insert|Symbol (like in MSWord).

If you're using xl2k or below, you could use a nice addin from Chip Pearson:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/download.htm
(look for Symbolizer and make sure you get the correct version)

And you didn't ask, but if you need to know what's in the cell, get another
nice
addin from Chip:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm

tj

"Stan" wrote:

Hi,

In MS-Word, if you click "insert - symbol" menu, a window pops up with
various symbols that you can insert into your workbook.
Is there a similar function in Excel?
Stan