From the menu bar, select 'Insert'. From the drop-down menu select
'Symbol...'. From the 'Symbols' tab, click on the 'Subset' drop-down and
select 'Mathematical Operators'. You should see the square root (checkmark)
symbol. To insert the symbol, you can double-click on it or click it once
and then select 'Insert'. Once you've inserted it once, you can copy/paste
to other cells as needed.

"MartinW" wrote:

Hi Jo,

That is a square root sign. ?
Hold down Alt, type 251 (on the number pad) then let go of Alt

It doesn't work in all fonts but it should work
in most of the regular fonts.

Of course what actually constitutes a *regular* font is
debatable but for my money it is ones like Arial, Times New Roman,
Verdana, Courier etc.

HTH
Martin


"Jo taylor" <Jo wrote in message
...
I saw a document with ? in a cell. What do I need to do to recreate this
symble or where can I find out how to use it?