How to Insert a Check Mark in Excel

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: October 7, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to insert a checkmark icon into a cell in a Microsoft Excel document. While not all fonts support the checkmark icon, you can use the built-in Wingdings 2 font option to add a checkmark to any cell in Excel.

Steps

1
Open Excel. Click or double-click the Excel app icon, which resembles a white "X" on a dark-green background.
- If you want to open a specific Excel document, instead double-click the document and then skip the next step.
2
Click the Blank option. It's at the top of the Excel window. Doing so opens a blank spreadsheet.
- You can also select a template on this page and then click Create in the resulting window.
- Skip this step if Excel opens to a blank spreadsheet.
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3
Select a cell. Click the cell into which you want to insert a checkmark.
4
Click the Insert tab. It's in the green ribbon at the top of the Excel window. Doing so prompts a toolbar to appear at the top of the window.
5
Click Symbol. This option is on the far-right side of the toolbar. A new window will open.
6
Click the "Font" drop-down box. It's near the top of the new window. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu. If you don't see this option, first click the Symbols tab at the top of the new window.
- On Mac, click the Bullets/Stars category in the left column.
7
Click Wingdings 2. This is in the "W" section of the drop-down menu. You may have to scroll down to the bottom of the drop-down menu to find this option.
- On Mac, scroll to the bottom of the symbols in the column on the right.
8
Select the checkmark. The checkmark should be near the bottom of the window; click it once to select it.
- If you don't see the checkmark, scroll up or down through the window until you find it before clicking it.
- You can also type 80 into the "Character code" text box and press ↵ Enter to automatically select the checkmark.
9
Click Insert. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so will type the checkmark into your selected cell.

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Warnings

Most fonts will not support the checkmark symbol. If you ever change the entire Excel document's font to something other than Wingdings 2, your checkmarks will most likely disappear.

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