Tick mark in Excel

Tick mark symbol in Excel is very useful to mark an item that represents correct and completed. You can insert the tick mark from symbols dialog box or using an alt code.

Insert a tick mark symbol

Here is the easiest way to insert tick marks in Excel. Open the Symbols dialog box and select the tick symbol to add anywhere in the Excel Sheet.

1. Place the Cursor: Select the cell or shape where you want to put the tick symbol
2. Launch Symbol dialog box: Go to Insert Tab and Click on the Symbols command button in the Symbols Group
3. Change the Font: Select the Wingdings Font in the Fonts Drop down list in the Dialog
4. Select Tick Symbol: You can select a tick symbol or enter character code (252)
5. Click on Insert Button

Alt Code to Insert Tick mark symbol

You can change the font to wingdings and use Alt+0252 to insert Tick mark symbol. Here are the Alt codes of the Check Mark symbols in Wingdings Font.

 

Character Codes of Tick mark symbol

Here are the Character codes of the Check Mark symbols in Wingdings Font. You can pass these codes to CHAR function to get the tick mark symbols.

 

Shortcut key to Insert a check mark symbol

You can use ‘Shift + p’ and change the font to Wingdings 2. That will add the Tick Mark in required Cell.