√

[Jo taylor]

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?

 

[Gord Dibben]

That is question mark.

Your keyboard should have one.

Mine is just left of the right SHIFT key.

If this is not what you are looking for, please post with some more detail.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:43:01 -0700, Jo taylor <Jo

 

[joeu2004]

I saw a document with – in a cell.
šWhat do I need to do to recreate this
symble or where can I find out how to use it?

One way: Select a cell (or a position in the text in a cell) and
click on Insert > Symbols. Be sure you are looking at the Wingdings
font. Near the end I find the check mark. It corresponds to ASCII
code 252 in the Wingdings font.

 

[MartinW]

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

 

[ScottFisher2004]

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.

 

[Tom Hutchins]

Format the cell where you want a check mark with the font Wingdings 2. Then
type a capital P in that cell. Resize the font as desired.

Hope this helps,

Hutch