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Symbols & font
I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols
display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? |
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Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what
the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson |
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The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle
do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson |
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=code(cellref) returns the first character in the cell.
Chip Pearson has a nice addin that can help you determine each character in a cell: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm For me, I put =char(63) in a cell formatted as Arial and saw a question mark. And are you using that unicode character set? (I don't know anything about that.) Maybe someone who does will be able to help when you post back. JB wrote: The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave,
Cellref was my attempt at a generic cell name, like A1. I agree with you that using character code 63 in Arial font does not produce a diamond or triangle. The diamond looks like Terminal font and the triangle like Wingdings 3 or Terminal. Unfortunately, neither of these fonts also includes a star. It seems like these characters are somehow storing the font within the character; as if maintaining properties as I cut and paste. If this is happening, I would love to know how, to use in this workbook as well as others I have. Thanks so much Dave for your response. I appreciate all the help you provide to me and others (as I search past posts). Regards, JB "Dave Peterson" wrote: =code(cellref) returns the first character in the cell. Chip Pearson has a nice addin that can help you determine each character in a cell: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm For me, I put =char(63) in a cell formatted as Arial and saw a question mark. And are you using that unicode character set? (I don't know anything about that.) Maybe someone who does will be able to help when you post back. JB wrote: The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Maybe it's a mixture of fonts.
If you highlight just that single character in the formulabar, what does the Font box show? The font box seems to pick up its value from the font of first character in the string. JB wrote: Dave, Cellref was my attempt at a generic cell name, like A1. I agree with you that using character code 63 in Arial font does not produce a diamond or triangle. The diamond looks like Terminal font and the triangle like Wingdings 3 or Terminal. Unfortunately, neither of these fonts also includes a star. It seems like these characters are somehow storing the font within the character; as if maintaining properties as I cut and paste. If this is happening, I would love to know how, to use in this workbook as well as others I have. Thanks so much Dave for your response. I appreciate all the help you provide to me and others (as I search past posts). Regards, JB "Dave Peterson" wrote: =code(cellref) returns the first character in the cell. Chip Pearson has a nice addin that can help you determine each character in a cell: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm For me, I put =char(63) in a cell formatted as Arial and saw a question mark. And are you using that unicode character set? (I don't know anything about that.) Maybe someone who does will be able to help when you post back. JB wrote: The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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And I bet if you really change the whole cell's font to Arial then your symbols
disappear. JB wrote: Dave, Cellref was my attempt at a generic cell name, like A1. I agree with you that using character code 63 in Arial font does not produce a diamond or triangle. The diamond looks like Terminal font and the triangle like Wingdings 3 or Terminal. Unfortunately, neither of these fonts also includes a star. It seems like these characters are somehow storing the font within the character; as if maintaining properties as I cut and paste. If this is happening, I would love to know how, to use in this workbook as well as others I have. Thanks so much Dave for your response. I appreciate all the help you provide to me and others (as I search past posts). Regards, JB "Dave Peterson" wrote: =code(cellref) returns the first character in the cell. Chip Pearson has a nice addin that can help you determine each character in a cell: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm For me, I put =char(63) in a cell formatted as Arial and saw a question mark. And are you using that unicode character set? (I don't know anything about that.) Maybe someone who does will be able to help when you post back. JB wrote: The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Hi, I have the Diamond and the triangle ∆ ◊ in my Character map for Arial font in XPHome. Thx Dave JB Wrote: The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson -- Piranha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Piranha's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=20435 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=373873 |
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Those look like Unicode characters to me.
In fact, I could do this to put them in a cell: Option Explicit Sub testme1() Dim myCell As Range Set myCell = ActiveSheet.Range("a1") myCell.Value = ChrW(8710) & ChrW(9674) End Sub and this to examine each character: Sub testme2() Dim myCell As Range Dim iCtr As Long Set myCell = ActiveSheet.Range("a1") For iCtr = 1 To Len(myCell.Value) MsgBox AscW(Mid(myCell.Value, iCtr, 1)) Next iCtr End Sub Piranha wrote: Hi, I have the Diamond and the triangle ∆ ◊ in my Character map for Arial font in XPHome. Thx Dave JB Wrote: The confusing thing is, in the Arial character map the diamond and triangle do not exist. The Arial code for these two shapes (using =code(cell ref)) is 63 and it shows in the Arial map as a square without fill. Am I missing something? "Dave Peterson" wrote: Unless you change it, the font for the formula bar is Arial. So no matter what the cell looks like on the worksheet, it'll appear as Arial in the formula bar. And you got lucky that you were using Arial for both the triangle and the diamond. If you really want to see the star, then you could change that option to show Wingdings in the formula bar (don't do it--you won't be able to read anything!) Tools|Options|General Tab|Standard Font (Restart excel--you'll be prompted) If you do play with this, make a note of your original settings so you can change them back easily! JB wrote: I inherited a worksheet that uses diamond & triangle symbols. These symbols display in the cell AND formula bar as a diamond or triangle in Arial font and both have code 63. I'd like to add a star (Wingdings 171), but my star displays in the cell as a star, but as << in the formula bar. How can I get the star to have the same properties as the diamond & triangle--that is display as the star symbol in arial font? -- Dave Peterson -- Piranha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Piranha's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=20435 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=373873 -- Dave Peterson |
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