Top check mark. How to enter special characters that are not on the keyboard

One of the simple actions that cause tension for novice users is how to put a check mark in a Word. This issue occurs with any other icon not present on the keyboard. Draw it with graphic editor and it is rather difficult to insert. You can find a document with an analogue, copy and paste. This method also requires time and effort.

All computers and most text editors provide for the entry of labels that are not on the keyboard.

Figure 1. Table of symbols in a Word.

The main method for inserting letters and labels missing from the keyboard is the symbol table. Using this function, you can insert additional labels not only in word, but also in all other editors, including notepad.

To get started, open the working file with the desired text editor. Then open the main menu. To do this, press on the keyboard Windows key or hover the mouse pointer over the Window icon, the lower left corner of the monitor. In the menu that opens, select the "All programs" item (Fig. 1).

Scrolling down with the wheel, find the "Service" item, move the pointer, press (click) the left key. A menu with additional items will open. Among them you need to find the "Symbol Table" and open it (Fig. 1).

In operating rooms Windows systems 8 and 8.1 tables are easier to find through the search box by typing this phrase.

Using the same method, you can open this function for previous versions(Win XP, 7).

The window that opens is a complete set of labels that can be displayed when typing. The upper window contains the name of the font in which the icons are displayed. A small black triangle, when pressed, opens a list of possible sets to display. Most contain the same set, displayed in different ways.

The badge is among the Wingdings and Wingdings 2 sets. To search, you need to click on the triangle, the top window, find the specified set, go to it. Find the image in the changed window. "Wingdings" contains 2 images - just an icon and a square with a label. More variations have been created in Wingdings 2.

After finding the desired icon, select it with the mouse. Move the pointer over the icon and press the left mouse button. The icon will increase in size and move to the foreground. At the bottom of the window, you need to click the "Select" button, then "Copy".

After copying, go to the window text editor, place the cursor on the required place, press the "Ctrl + V" key combination on the keyboard or use right key mice.

In the menu that opens, select the "Insert" item, select, press the left mouse button. The selected icon appears in the text box. You can insert as many times as needed.

Ways for a Word

Inserting a check mark word is also pretty easy. Insofar as OS have a friendly interface (way of communication), you can perform the operation using several methods.

Symbols panel

Figure 2. Location of the "insert" tab in the Word.

First you need to open a working or new document with using word... The cursor of the text field should be positioned at the required place for insertion. The concepts of "text editor cursor" and "mouse pointer" should not be confused. The mouse pointer (Fig. 2) should be placed on the "Insert" tab, the English version of "Insert".

Press the mouse button. The opened menu or panel will show the possible further actions... Among them you need to find the Ω icon, usually located on the right side of the edge. When you press a key on it, a panel of additional symbols will open.

The window contains a large number of images, among which it is rather difficult to find the one you need on your own. An icon with an icon is located among the Wingdings or Wingdings 2 set.

This name should be selected from the drop-down list by clicking on the black triangle in the "Fonts" window. The icon icons are located on the bottom line. You need to select the one you want with the mouse and click the "Insert" button. For frequent use, the buttons can be used to select a combination of buttons to automate insertion.

Insert via font selection

Figure 3. Selecting the desired Wingdings 2 font.

This way you can also insert any character into word. The operation is performed through the font selection window. V open document use the mouse to open the list of fonts, select "Wingdings" or "Wingdings 2" (Fig. 3). The second version contains a richer set of labels.

Check the location of the text editor cursor, press the key combination "Shift + P". The print language must be English. The text box should display P.

You can change the size and appearance using the font size, its properties:

• P - changed the size of characters to 18;
• P- underlined.

If you do not know the required key combination for a specific character, you can determine it in the following way. Install the "Wingdings" font, print all characters on the keyboard:

• `1234567890- = - 1 row of the keyboard;
• qwertyuiop \ - 2 row;
• asdfghjkl; '- 3 row;
• zxcvbnm,. / - 4.

You will get such a set.

If the desired symbol is not among them, you should use one of the methods described above.

In these ways, you can insert a printable character. Other functions are used to set up an interactive word window with the ability to insert or remove a checkmark.

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Questions that arise when working with Word program there are a lot. Moreover, they all have the most diverse character. There really is difficult questions, which experienced user it is very difficult to make out the first time. And there are simple ones, which are enough to disassemble and remember once. Today we will tell you how to check a box in a document. Microsoft Office Word.

So, go to the document and in the " home"we find the" Paragraph "block. In this block, the very first item will be" Markers". It is necessary to click on it.

In the same place, click on the item " Define a new marker". Another window will open in which you need to click on the item" Symbol". This will open a window with numerous options for various symbols.

Depending on the style of text used in the document, there will be certain characters. In order to quickly find the "tick in the box" symbol, you need to put the style Wingdings... In the list of symbols, select the 254 by count symbol. This will be the check mark in the box. If this does not help and the necessary symbol is not there, then you can do it differently.

We go into the block " Insert"and click on the section" Symbol". Select the item" Other symbols".

Good day, dear knowledge hunters!

How often, when traveling in the endless sea of ​​the Internet or in any documents, have you come across various characters that are not on the keyboard? For example, these are: ☺, ©,,, ○, §, ¶, ♂, ♀ and so on ...

And maybe you would like to use such symbols too, but how do you do it? The first idea that can come to mind is to simply take and copy a symbol, for example, from a website's web page. But there is a better and faster way, which will be discussed later ...

All special characters are already present in Windows, there is no need to download anything else from anywhere. It remains only to learn how to extract them into the light of day☻. I will show you two ways, one through the standard Windows program(standard), the second through key combinations (fastest).

Using the standard Symbol Table

Keyboard gurus can immediately press Win + R and type charmap... Or type charmap in Windows search(Win + S).

For the rest, the recipe is as follows: Start - All Programs - Standard - Symbol Table.

This is how it looks table of symbols after launch. It allows you to insert many different characters that just don't exist on the keyboard. Let's try to insert something somewhere.

We select the desired symbol. Let it be the copyright icon - ©. To select it - double-click on the symbol, or select it with a single click and press the button Select just below. The symbol will appear in the text box. Now press Copy and the symbol on the clipboard. Open Word, Notepad or anything else where you can write and paste the icon using Ctrl + V or the mouse.

You can play with fonts. For example, find the Webdings or Wingdings fonts in the list. These fonts have been with Windows for a long time and contain various icons and icons.

But with non-standard fonts, the problem is that they will not always and not always display correctly, so they should be used with caution.

Let's take a look at the following input method.

Special character codes on the keyboard

Characters that are not on the keyboard can be entered using the key Alt and a special code on the numeric keypad. If it is disabled, enable it with the key. Num Lock.

For example, Alt + 0169 will give us a copyright ©.

The procedure for entering characters is as follows:

1. Hold Alt;
2. We dial the code, sequentially, digit by digit;
3. As soon as the last digit is pressed and released, press Alt;
4. Immediately after releasing Alt, the desired symbol will appear.

Table of some codes

Symbol	Digital code
☺	Alt + 1
☻	Alt + 2
	Alt + 3
♦	Alt + 4
♣	Alt + 5
♠	Alt + 6
	Alt + 7
◘	Alt + 8
○	Alt + 9
◙	Alt + 10
♂	Alt + 11
♀	Alt + 12
♪	Alt + 13
♫	Alt + 14
☼	Alt + 15
	Alt + 16
◄	Alt + 17
↕	Alt + 18
‼	Alt + 19
¶	Alt + 20
§	Alt + 21
▬	Alt + 22
↨	Alt + 23
	Alt + 24
↓	Alt + 25
→	Alt + 26
←	Alt + 27
∟	Alt + 28
↔	Alt + 29
▲	Alt + 30
▼	Alt + 31
©	Alt + 0169
®	Alt + 0174
░	Alt + 176
▒	Alt + 177
▓	Alt + 178
€	Alt + 0136
µ	Alt + 0181
±	Alt + 0177
° (degree)	Alt + 0176
™ (trade mark)	Alt + 0153
‰	Alt + 0137
‡	Alt + 0135
†	Alt + 0134

These are not all possible special characters, but more or less common and well-known. Moreover, some symbols are also present on the keyboard, so there is no special meaning to give them. For example, Alt + 64 is the code for the @ dog, which is on the keyboard, at number 2.

Do you use special characters when working at a computer?

Quite often when working with text documents v Microsoft program Word needs to add a special character to the regular text. One of these is the check mark, which, as you probably know, is not on computer keyboard... It is about how to put a tick in the Word and this article will be discussed.

1. Click on the place on the sheet where you want to add a check mark.

2. Switch to the tab "Insert", find and click on the button there "Symbol" located in the group of the same name on the control panel.

3. In the menu that expands upon clicking the button, select the item "Other Symbols".

4. In the dialog box that opens, find the check mark symbol.

Advice: In order not to search for the required symbol for a long time, in the “Font” section, select “Wingdings” from the drop-down list and scroll down the list of symbols a little.

5. After selecting the required symbol, press the button "Insert".

A check mark appears on the sheet. By the way, if you need to insert a check mark into a box in the Word, you can find such a symbol next to the usual check mark, in the same “Other Symbols” menu.

This symbol looks like this:

Add a check mark using a custom font

Each character that is contained in the standard MS Word character set has its own unique code, knowing which you can add a character. However, sometimes for the introduction of one or another special character you just need to change the font in which you type the text.

1. Select a font "Wingdings 2".

2. Press the keys "Shift + P" in English layout.

3. A check mark appears on the sheet.

Actually, that's all, from this article you learned how to put a check mark in MS Word. We wish you success in mastering this multifunctional program.