SubscribeI’ve been using Microsoft Word for about 6 or 7 years, and this has always stumped me: how do I insert a simple checkmark into Microsoft Word?
Up until now I had been using the square root symbol (√), which sort of looked like a checkmark. But recently I decided that I wanted something better, so I did some searching and found these instructions on a Microsoft Office Assistance page:
- On the Insert menu, click Symbol.
Note: In Outlook, use the Insert menu in the message window.
- In the Symbol dialog box, on the Symbols tab, in the Font box, click Wingdings.
- Scroll to the bottom of the list, where you will find several common check mark symbols. Double-click the symbol that you want.
Nice!
Jim responded on 13 Aug 2006 at 9:19 pm #
JUst wondering why some verions of MS Outlook 2003 allow or have the ability to do an “Insert, Symbol” and some do not. My version which is updated via MS doesn’t have a “Symbol” with the pull down under “Insert”. If I enable MS Word to be my email editor, then I have the ability to “Insert, Symbol”. If you have any further info I would certainly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jim
John Lamansky responded on 14 Aug 2006 at 9:07 am #
Jim,
The “Insert, Symbol” command is part of the Microsoft Word menu system.
When you have Word enabled as your email composition application, you get the Word menu. When you don’t have the Word composer enabled, you get the less-functional Outlook menu system.
When you have Word enabled as your editor, you can use the steps above. When you have Outlook enabled, you can still insert checkmarks and other symbols, but you’ll need to use the Windows Character Map instead:
1. Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map (or Start > Programs > Accessories > Character Map, or something similar, depending on your version of Windows)
2. From the Font dropdown, select Wingdings.
3. Click the symbol you want (checkmarks are at the bottom of the list).
4. Click Select, then click Copy.
5. Close the Character Map window.
6. In your email composition window, click Edit > Paste.
You can use the Windows Character Map to insert checkmarks and other symbols in almost any application that accepts text.
Therese Mendez responded on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:46 pm #
Thank you so very much. I looked for this checkmark for 20 minutes! I appreciate your help!
Carol Gruszka responded on 18 Dec 2007 at 10:39 am #
GREATLY appreciated. Thanks for the tip.
Meg responded on 02 Sep 2008 at 4:10 pm #
Thank you SO much!
Laura responded on 15 Oct 2008 at 1:31 pm #
This tip was very helpful. I am working in Word 2007 and it is not an easy process to transition to it. So thank you!