How to insert a check mark

Updated: 08/16/2021 past Estimator Hope

Check marks

Adding a check mark symbol to a document, spreadsheet, presentation slide, or a spider web folio can be done several ways. Follow the steps beneath for the type of file, document, or page that you want to add a check mark.

Note

A check marker should not be confused with the square root symbol ( √ ).

Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Choice 1

  1. Open the Microsoft Discussion, Excel, or PowerPoint awarding.
  2. Click the Insert tab in the Ribbon at the top.
  3. In the Symbols section, on the far-correct side of the Insert tab, click the Symbols icon.
  4. If using Microsoft Word, in the Symbols pop-down card, click the More Symbols option. If using Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint, skip to the next footstep.
  5. In the Symbols window, click the Font drib-down list and select the Wingdings font.
  6. Below the Font list is the Wingdings symbols y'all tin insert. Scroll to the bottom of the list of symbols and select the check mark symbol in the last row of symbols.
  7. Click the Insert button to insert the check mark into the document.

Microsoft Word - check mark in Symbols

Selection two

  1. Open up the Microsoft Give-and-take, Excel, or PowerPoint application.
  2. On the Abode tab, in the Font section, click the Font drop-down listing and select the Wingdings font.
  3. Create a check marking symbol by pressing and holding Alt, and then typing 0252 using the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard.

Microsoft Word - check mark in Symbols

  1. Afterwards creating the cheque mark symbol, switch back to the desired font for text in the certificate.

Microsoft Notepad

You can create a check mark in Notepad by inserting the ASCII grapheme check mark by following the steps below.

Tip

The instructions below likewise work for creating a check marking in other basic text editors, like Notepad++ and TextPad.

  1. Open Microsoft Notepad.
  2. In Notepad, press and hold Alt, type 251 using the number pad on the right side of the keyboard.

Other Microsoft Windows programs

On Microsoft Windows computers and nearly Windows programs, yous tin can add a check mark using the Charmap (Character Map) utility. Below are the steps on how to add a bank check marker to most Microsoft programs using Charmap.

Annotation

Copying a cheque marking from the Graphic symbol Map to Notepad or other basic text editors does not work. We recommend using the instructions for creating a cheque mark in Notepad higher up.

  1. Open the Microsoft programme and Character Map.
  2. In the Character Map window, select Wingdings equally the font.
  3. Roll downwards until you see the check mark (grapheme code: 0x6FC).
  4. Click the check marking then click the Select button.

Check mark in Character Map

  1. Once the bank check mark is entered in the characters to copy text box, click the Copy push.
  2. Switch back to the Microsoft program and paste the check mark in the certificate.

HTML web page

In the web page's HTML source code, add one of the following Unicode HTML entities, depending on the blazon of check marking you desire to insert.

  • ☑ - inserts the " ☑ " symbol.
  • ✓ - adds the " ✓ " symbol.
  • ✔ - inserts the " ✔ " symbol.
  • Extended special HTML characters and codes.