How do I add a check mark in a cell in a spreadsheet in Excel?
 

I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Likely, you'll want to use the Forms toolbar, Carlos. View--Toolbars,
Forms.
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"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

How about using the letter 'a' with a Marlett font.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

If your version of XL doesn't support Insert | Symbol... (I don't know
when MS introduced it), use the Character Map program in Windows. In
Win XP it is Windows Taskbar | Start | All Programs | Accessories |
System Tools | Character Map.

Find the symbol you like, then copy+paste into XL.

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Regards,

Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials
Custom MS Office productivity solutions

In article ,
says...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Carlos,

In your cell, change the font to Wingdings.
The tick (Checkmark) is in there.
Go to your cell and hold down the left Alt key while you type in 97 on the
numberpad.
Release the Alt key and the tick will be there.

Alt 97 works on my machine at work (Win 2K, XL2K) but not at home (XP,XLXP)?

You can go to ProgramsAccessoriesSystemToolsCharacter Map and look in
Wingdings. Copy the tick to a spare cell. You can copy this to wherever you
need.

Henry




"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Henry,

Thank you for your help. I am using XP and - as you said - Alt 97 in
Wingdings did not work. I will try using the Character map of Wingdings.

"Henry" wrote:

Carlos,

In your cell, change the font to Wingdings.
The tick (Checkmark) is in there.
Go to your cell and hold down the left Alt key while you type in 97 on the
numberpad.
Release the Alt key and the tick will be there.

Alt 97 works on my machine at work (Win 2K, XL2K) but not at home (XP,XLXP)?

You can go to ProgramsAccessoriesSystemToolsCharacter Map and look in
Wingdings. Copy the tick to a spare cell. You can copy this to wherever you
need.

Henry




"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Anne,
Your tip worked very well. Thank you. I'll go to bed a little wiser tonite.

"Anne Troy" wrote:

Likely, you'll want to use the Forms toolbar, Carlos. View--Toolbars,
Forms.
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com


"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Bob,

That was exactly was I was looking for. Thank you very much.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

How about using the letter 'a' with a Marlett font.

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HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Part II--- Henry,

The check mark character in the Table, copied as you indicated, worked real
fine.
Thank you.

"Henry" wrote:

Carlos,

In your cell, change the font to Wingdings.
The tick (Checkmark) is in there.
Go to your cell and hold down the left Alt key while you type in 97 on the
numberpad.
Release the Alt key and the tick will be there.

Alt 97 works on my machine at work (Win 2K, XL2K) but not at home (XP,XLXP)?

You can go to ProgramsAccessoriesSystemToolsCharacter Map and look in
Wingdings. Copy the tick to a spare cell. You can copy this to wherever you
need.

Henry




"Carlos A." wrote in message
...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can
you
help me?
Thank you for that.

Tushar:

With your reply and Henry's - who specified the characters under the
Wingdings table - I have resolved my problem. Thank you very much.

"Tushar Mehta" wrote:

If your version of XL doesn't support Insert | Symbol... (I don't know
when MS introduced it), use the Character Map program in Windows. In
Win XP it is Windows Taskbar | Start | All Programs | Accessories |
System Tools | Character Map.

Find the symbol you like, then copy+paste into XL.

--
Regards,

Tushar Mehta
www.tushar-mehta.com
Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials
Custom MS Office productivity solutions

In article ,
says...
I want to check out a number of entries in a spreadsheet. The program is
Excel in MS Office 2000. I want to use the typical " check out" symbol. I
have not found it
in( what I believe) is the set of available symbols coming with it. Can you
help me?
Thank you for that.