tom,

if you take a SquareRoot Sign (unicode 221a) instead of wingding
it would work in normal font.


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"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

I did that with Wingdings 2 and it just put a P in the cell unless it
was formatted as Wingdings 2. Would seem easier to type the P
directly. Did you get different results? From what I tell,
autocorrect does an equivalency for ascii code, but what the results
looks like is based on the font selected for the cell.

xl2000

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"keepitcool" wrote in message
...
it may not be a direct solution but it'll probably work:

select the symbol you want either via Insert symbol of externally via
charmap.exe

copy it the clipboard. (not the cell.. the symbol only.

now in excel:

Tools/Autocorrect

enter in replace box.
"vv" (or something you'll never use for other things)

goto the With box
and paste the symbol into there (ctrl-V)


now type vv in your sheet and you'll get your checkmark.


keepITcool

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"Paula" wrote:

Can someone please tell me the keyboard shortcut to enter
a checkmark in a cell? Thanks much!

In an NT based system yes - because that does a code exchange. So I guess
your results were not different.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

keepitcool wrote in message
...
tom,

if you take a SquareRoot Sign (unicode 221a) instead of wingding
it would work in normal font.


keepITcool

< email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .)
< homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

I did that with Wingdings 2 and it just put a P in the cell unless it
was formatted as Wingdings 2. Would seem easier to type the P
directly. Did you get different results? From what I tell,
autocorrect does an equivalency for ascii code, but what the results
looks like is based on the font selected for the cell.

xl2000

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"keepitcool" wrote in message
...
it may not be a direct solution but it'll probably work:

select the symbol you want either via Insert symbol of externally via
charmap.exe

copy it the clipboard. (not the cell.. the symbol only.

now in excel:

Tools/Autocorrect

enter in replace box.
"vv" (or something you'll never use for other things)

goto the With box
and paste the symbol into there (ctrl-V)


now type vv in your sheet and you'll get your checkmark.


keepITcool

< email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .)
< homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool


"Paula" wrote:

Can someone please tell me the keyboard shortcut to enter
a checkmark in a cell? Thanks much!