Put check marks in word

You can easily insert a check mark (also known as a «tick mark») in Word, Outlook, Excel, or PowerPoint.

These marks are static symbols. If you’re looking for an interactive check box that you can click to check or uncheck, see: Add a check box or option button (Excel) or Make a checklist in Word.

1. In your file, place the cursor where you want to insert the symbol.

2. Open the Symbol dialog box:

   • Word or Outlook: Insert, select   Symbols then   More Symbols

   • Excel: Insert, select   Symbols

   • PowerPoint: Insert, select   Symbols > Symbol

   The Symbols button is on the far right end of the Insert toolbar tab.

3. In the Font box, select Wingdings.

4. In the Character code box at the bottom, enter: 252

   In the grid of symbols, the check mark is selected. Another check-mark option is available two squares away from it (character code 254).

5. Select the check mark you want. Click Insert. Then click Close to dismiss the dialog box. 

6. Once the check mark has been inserted, you may change its size or color. Select the check mark, right-click it, and make your desired changes by using the floating toolbar:

   

More check marks to choose from

Another font, Segoe UI Symbol, has three checkmark options. You can opt for this font in step 3 of the procedure above, and you can substitute one of the following character codes in step 4.

Symbol	Character code
	2705
	2713
	2714

1. Place your cursor at the spot where you want to insert the symbol.

2. Go to Insert > Symbol.

   

3. Select a checkmark symbol to insert or do the following

   1. Select More Symbols.

   2. Scroll up or down to find the checkmark you want to insert.

   3. Different font sets often have different symbols. Use the Font selector above the symbol list to pick the font you want.

4. Double-click the symbol to insert it into your document.

5. Select Close.

Tip: If you want to make your checkmark larger or smaller, select it and use the Font Size setting.

1. Place your cursor at the spot where you want to insert the checkmark.

2. Go to Insert > Advanced Symbol > Symbols.

3. Choose the checkmark symbol that you want.

4. Select Insert.

5. Select Close

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Insert or Type a Check Mark or Tick Mark Symbol in Microsoft Word (with Shortcuts)

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 2, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft^® Word^® 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows)

You can insert or type a check mark or tick mark symbol in a Word document in several ways. Check marks can be inserted using built-in commands or keyboard shortcuts. It’s important to note that there is a difference between inserting a static check mark and inserting a clickable check box which is typically used in a Word form.

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In this article, we’ll review 5 ways to insert a check mark symbol in a Word document:

1. Insert check marks as bullets
2. Use the Insert Symbol command
3. Add and use a custom Word keyboard shortcut
4. Add and use an AutoCorrect shortcut
5. Use an Alt code shortcut by pressing Alt and then entering a number sequence

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1. Inserting a check mark by inserting bullets

If you want to insert a check mark at the beginning of one or more paragraphs, you can apply custom bullets using the Wingdings font (or a similar font).

To apply check marks as custom bullets to paragraphs:

1. Select the paragraph(s) to which you want to add check marks.
2. Click the Home tab in the Ribbon.
3. In the Paragraph group, click the arrow beside Bullets. A drop-down menu appears.
4. Click Define New Bullet. A dialog box appears.
5. Click Symbol. A dialog box appears.
6. Select Wingdings from the Font drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can select another font such as Wingdings 2 or Segoe UI Symbol.
7. Click the desired check mark.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Font. A Font dialog box appears.
10. Select the desired font color and size. This dialog box offers the same options as the regular Font dialog box.
11. Click OK twice.

The check marks will be added at the beginning of the paragraph(s).

In the Define New Bullet dialog box (below), you can select Symbol, Font or Picture:

The following characters appear when you select Wingdings as the Symbol font for bullets:

In the Define New Bullet dialog box, you can select Picture and then navigate to a picture you want to use as a bullet and then double-click it.

2. Inserting a check mark using Insert Symbol

If you want to add a check mark in a line of text (or at the end of a line of text), you can use Insert Symbol.

To insert a check mark using Insert Symbol in the Ribbon in Word:

1. Position the cursor in the Word document where you want to insert a check mark.
2. Click the Insert tab in the Ribbon.
3. In the Symbols group, click Symbol. A drop-down menu appears.
4. Click More Symbols. A dialog box appears.
5. If necessary, click the Symbols tab.
6. Select Wingdings from the Font drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can select another font such as Wingdings 2 or Segoe UI Symbol.
7. Scroll through the list of symbols until you find the check mark symbol you want to use and then click it.
8. Click Insert.
9. Click Close.

Once the check mark has been inserted, you can change its size or color using the Home tab in the Ribbon or by right-clicking and selecting formatting options from the mini-toolbar.

In the example below, Wingdings is selected in the Symbol dialog box:

3. Inserting a check mark using a custom Word keyboard shortcut

If you insert a check mark frequently, you can create your own keyboard shortcut for the check mark symbol.

To create a keyboard shortcut for a check mark:

1. Position the cursor in a Word document.
2. Click the Insert tab in the Ribbon.
3. In the Symbols group, click Symbol. A drop-down menu appears.
4. Click More Symbols. A dialog box appears.
5. If necessary, click the Symbols tab.
6. Select Wingdings from the Font drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can select another font such as Wingdings 2 or Segoe UI Symbol.
7. Scroll through the list of symbols until you find the check mark symbol you want to use and then click it.
8. Click Shortcut. A dialog box appears.
9. Click in the box below Assign New Shortcut key.
10. Press the keys you want to assign (such as Ctrl + Alt + M). Don’t type any text, just press the keys. Be careful not to override a useful built-in shortcut such as Ctrl + C.
11. Click Assign. Typically the location for these shortcuts is the Normal (or default) template.
12. Click Close twice.

Test the shortcut in your document by pressing the assigned keys.

The Customize Keyboard dialog box appears as follows:

Since these shortcuts are typically saved in the Normal template, when you exit Word, if you are prompted to save the Normal template, click Yes.

4. Inserting a check mark using an AutoCorrect shortcut

You can also insert a check mark automatically using AutoCorrect.

To set up an AutoCorrect entry for a check mark:

1. Position the cursor in a Word document.
2. Click the Insert tab in the Ribbon.
3. In the Symbols group, click Symbol. A drop-down menu appears.
4. Click More Symbols. A dialog box appears.
5. If necessary, click the Symbols tab.
6. Select Wingdings from the Font drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can select another font such as Wingdings 2 or Segoe UI Symbol.
7. Scroll through the list of symbols until you find the check mark symbol you want to use and then click it.
8. Click AutoCorrect. A dialog box appears.
9. In the Replace box, enter the name of the entry (such as cm1).
10. Click Add.
11. Click OK.
12. Click Close.

To insert the entry in the document, type the entry (such as cm1) and then press the Spacebar.

The AutoCorrect dialog box appears as follows:

Since these shortcuts are typically saved in the Normal template, when you exit Word, you should be prompted to save it.

5. Inserting a check mark using an Alt keyboard shortcut

You can press the Alt key in combination with numbers on the numeric keypad to insert a check mark symbol.

To insert a check mark symbol in a Word document using Alt:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the check mark symbol.
2. Press Alt + 0252 or Alt + 0254 on the numeric keypad. If the sequence doesn’t work, press NumLock on the numeric keypad. Word will insert a different character.
3. Select the character, click the Home tab in the Ribbon and select Wingdings from the Font drop-down menu.

If you want to create clickable check boxes, you could create a Word form using controls or create a dynamic form using Microsoft Forms.

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Microsoft Word is one of the most popular word processing tool out there.It has advanced features, letting you to do almost anything to improve your productivity about writing a document, and even brochure.One of the thing that makes Word popular is ability to add symbols, including check mark.

Here’s how to insert check mark in Word in 5 simple ways.

Well, Microsoft Word has many symbols you can put to your document.Symbols create different sense than just words.It has meaning that mostly can’t be described by just words, even if it is possible, it will be many words.

To make your writing effective, you need symbols, and one of them you want to use is check mark, which is easy to add in Word.

Check mark in Word is tied to font, just like many other symbols.This means some fonts don’t provide a check mark symbol specifically for those fonts.It is still unclear why, but the only font we recommend for you to add check mark in Word is Wingdings.

That font has a check mark with different styles.

This means, you have to switch from one font to another while putting a check mark in Word.But don’t worry, that doesn’t cost more effort than creating a new cup of coffee.It just takes a few clicks to make a check mark in Word that can enhance your writing.

So, what are those check marks? What kind of check marks can you add to Microsoft Word?

In summary, there are only two kind of check marks: bullet check mark and check mark from Symbol that isn’t necessarily used the same way as bullet check mark.

But, those kind of check marks can be added in Word by 5 different methods.

You can do these things in almost all Microsoft Word version, from Microsoft Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016, and Word 2019.You can do these in Windows 10 and Mac (with some limitation due to some features aren’t available in Mac).You can also apply these on Word Online.

Here’s how to add a check mark in Word.

How to Add a Check Mark in Word by Keyboard Shortcut

This is easy way to add a check mark in Word.

The only thing you need is to select a font that allows you to add a check mark and then pressing a combination of keyboard button that lets you add different style of check mark symbols.

Choose Wingdings font.This is one of the most popular font used to add a check mark in Word.You can also choose any other series of this Wingdings font, like Wingdings 2.

Now, press one of these keyboard shortcuts to add the desired check mark style you want:

• Shift+P = ✓
• Shift+R = ☑

That is easy, right? Well, there are more method to come on adding a check mark in Word.

Keep reading.

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How to Insert Check Mark in Word by Copy-Paste

This is probably the easiest way to insert check mark in Word.You can add check mark by just copying from other external apps or websites.Then, paste that check mark in your Microsoft Word document.

This is easy and doesn’t cost more time.

You can simply copy one of these check marks and paste them in your Word document:

✓ ✔ ☑ ✅ ✕ ✖ ✗ ✘

You can also copy by just pressing CTRL+C, and paste by pressing CTRL+V in your keyboard.This can save more times especially if you only need to insert check mark in Word for one time.

How to Make a Check Mark in Word by Adding Symbol Manually

Microsoft Word has symbols feature, and almost everyone know it.But, does everyone know that there’s check mark symbol independent from bullet that you can find in Symbols? Well, some people just don’t.

Simply not everyone use this feature only to make a check mark in Word.

The feature is located at Insert tab on the ribbon.It makes it easy for people to add equation or symbol.One of the symbol is a check mark.

But, you won’t find that check mark symbol easily in Word’s Symbols feature.

There are thousands of symbols you can find there, but don’t worry.You can use character code to easily find that check mark symbol.The code is 252.

Now, open your Microsoft Word.

You can create a blank document or even opening an already existing Word document file.

Now, go to Insert.Click Symbols.If you often make a check mark in Word regularly, you will it is easy to add a check mark in Symbol group among with other symbols like Copyright or dollar sign.

But, some people don’t use this often, thus you have to click More Symbols to find that check mark symbol you want to add to Microsoft Word.

At the dialog box, on the Font, enter Wingdings as your font.

This is one of the most popular font used to make a check mark in Word.

Now, at the bottom, you will see From.This is where you want to generate font from, you can choose Symbol (decimal).You need to type 252 at Character code, that is the easiest shortcut for you to quickly find that check mark symbol you desperately want to add in Word.

Let’s click Insert and you will immediately see that check mark.

You can also add any other types of check mark symbol nearby the 252 check mark character.

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How to Put Check Mark in Word by using Character Map

You probably never heard this feature, but this feature is helpful for someone who works regularly with different character styles and symbols like check mark.This feature work similarly to Symbol dialog box in Microsoft Word.The only thing that distinguish them is that this app is independent from Microsoft Word.

In Windows 10, you can search character map directly in the search bar.

In Windows 7, you can easily search it through Start menu.

Once you open the Character Map app, you can clearly see many fonts and symbols to choose there.First, choose Wingdings as your font.Then, scroll through the bottom and you will see some check mark symbols.

Click desired check mark, and click Select.

Once you’ve selected, now click Copy to copy that check mark that you will paste on to Microsoft Word.

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How to Do a Check Mark in Word as Bullet List

There’s another way to do a check mark in Word.Microsoft Word has offered Bullet Library for long time.It has many type of bullet you can choose, and one of them is check mark bullet.

This check mark bullet can be a list of checked stuff you want to write in Microsoft Word.

This is exactly the same as other check mark symbols, but this one is specified for bullet that people use as a list of things.

Here’s how to do a check mark in Word as bullet:

Open your Microsoft Word.Go to Home tab.Then, click Bullet Library on the arrow-down icon.

You will see a bullet list.Click on the check mark bullet.

You can also convert the Word document as JPEG image with those check marks.

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Microsoft Word has some methods for you to insert check mark in Word.You can literally type a check mark easily by just pressing a keyboard shortcut, put check mark from Symbol and search it manually, get a check mark through another app like Character Map, or you can even just copy and paste from this website.

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Microsoft Word has a rich collection of special symbols, operators and bullet styles. Out of these, the checkmarks and square bullets are frequently used in the office program for memos, applications, forms, letters, brochures, flyers, and online documents.

The following guide shows the easiest native ways to insert checkmarks and square bullets in Microsoft Word. These methods will work best in Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Word 2016 onward. They should also work in previous Word versions except for the Bing search engine.

Using these methods, we will illustrate how to insert uncommon and less-frequently used symbols, easily and repetitively. Anything written in Word can also be written in Gmail, Google Docs, and other document editors.

To add a checkmark at any place in the document, rest your cursor and click on “Insert -> Symbol -> More Symbols.”

Select “Wingdings 2” as the font. You may select any other font which displays the checkmark symbol, but with Wingdings 2, you will get a neat appearance symbol, which can be easily replicated anytime.

Click on “shortcut keys” for the checkmark symbols and type any key in your keyboard to assign a shortcut key. While you may use copy-paste, a shortcut key will save time when the symbol has to be repeated many times in the document. Make sure the shortcut key you designed is uncommon. Never use system shortcuts such as Alt + F4, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + F to create shortcuts.

Another way to import the checkmark symbol is to open “Character Map” from the Start menu.

Select Wingdings 2 as the font style and locate the checkmark symbol, which will be used by selecting and copy-pasting it into your Word document. You can also select the x symbol to convey the opposite meaning.

Once the checkmark symbol has been inserted, you can select it to change its attributes through font “text effects,” available from a simple right-click selection. This will help you gain an amazing variety of checkmark symbols which are attractive and unique.

Add Square Bullets in Microsoft Word

To add square bullets in Microsoft Word, first select the entire text which has to be segregated by bullet-style listing. You can also create the bullet style first and use it throughout the document. The “bullet library” will have a collection of bullet styles including the square bullet.

Click “define new bullet” to proceed to the next step, followed by “symbol” and “OK.”

Here under the Wingdings font category, you can see a “hollow square bullet,” which is very common in many documents. Select “OK” to proceed.

Apart from the hollow square, you can also see a variety of hollow circular bullets, stars, diamonds, arrows, and negative bullets.

To get even more variety in bullet styles, select “Define New Bullet” one more time and select “Picture -> OK.”

In the next screen, you will get various options to insert pictures in lieu of bullet styles. You can either go with a chosen file or “OneDrive – Personal.” The smartest way to do it is to use “Bing image search,” which has an astonishing variety of square bullets and more symbols.

Make sure the bullet images you use are from Creative Commons only.

Using the Above Techniques for Other Symbols

Now that we have learned the methods to insert checkmarks and square bullets in a Microsoft Word document, let us apply this learning to insert more useful symbols. For example, Wingdings 2 has a huge variety of triangle, square, pentagon and hexagon bullet types.

“Webdings” is another useful font style to select many representative images in lieu of bullets. Whether you choose a man or woman, a pizza, or a bomb, there are many symbols representing many objects and people.

You can also use Font as “normal text” with a huge variety of currency symbols including Pound sterling £, Euro €, Yen ¥, and even uncommon types such as Hungarian Hryvnia ₴. If you are dealing with a given currency several times in a document, it’s best to use the assigned shortcut key.

Apart from currency symbols, you can use the international phonetic association (IPA) symbols directly in Word.

Other than inserting uncommon and degree symbols in Microsoft Word, did you know you can also transcribe audio in Microsoft Word 365?

The X mark symbol 🗴 (also known as a cross, cross-mark, x sign, ex symbol) is often used in documents as a sign of refusal, reject, to indicate the concept «no» or «wrong»; or as an indicator of a completed task, a finished step, etc.

Note: Be careful when using these symbols in your document! In some countries, the check ✓ or ✗ mark is commonly used to indicate something wrong, incorrect. Another symbol can be used instead of the checkmark, such as the O mark, the plus symbol +, the letter R, etc.

The check mark symbol can also be mistakenly used in place of the
square root symbol, or as a bullet for the
manually created bulleted list.

We strongly recommend avoiding misusing symbols; see the appropriate tips to make perfect documents.

A tick mark and X mark can be inserted in a document Word using several different ways:

The standard way: using the Symbol dialog box:

To open the Symbol dialog box, do the following:

   1.   On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, select the Symbol button, and then click More Symbols…:

   2.   On the Symbol dialog box:

• From the Font dropdown list, choose the Wingdings font,
• Choose a symbol you need:
  • A check mark symbol (or a square with check mark symbol):

    

  • An X mark symbol (or a square with a cross symbol):

    

• Click the Insert button to insert the symbol to the current cursor position.
• Click the Cancel button to close the Symbol dialog box.

Note: You can also select the Segoe UI Symbol font to choose other types of a symbol, for example:

• A checkmark:

  

• An X mark:

  

   II.  Using a shortcut key:

In Microsoft Word, you can use Unicode to insert any of the used symbols:

	Unicode	Symbol
The checkmark symbol	Type 2713 and immediately press Alt+X	✓
The Ballot box with check symbol	Type 2611 and immediately press Alt+X	☑
The X mark symbol	Type 274c or 274C (does not matter, uppercase or lowercase) and immediately press Alt+X	🗴
The Ballot box with X symbol	Type 274e or 274E (does not matter, uppercase or lowercase) and immediately press Alt+X	🗵

The quicker way: creating a shortcut key:

Microsoft Word offers a pre-defined shortcut key for popular symbols such as checkmark, or X mark.

To open the Symbol dialog box, do the following:

   1.   On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, select the Symbol button, and then click More Symbols….

   2.   On the Symbol dialog box:

• From the Font dropdown list, choose the font from which you want to insert a symbol (for this example, the Wingdings font),
• Choose the symbol (for example, the check mark symbol),
• Click the Shortcut Key… button:

   3.   On the Customize Keyboard dialog box, in the Press new shortcut key field, type the key combination you want to use for the symbol (e.g., for the checkmark sign ✓ the combination Alt+O,K), and click the Assign button:

Note: Be careful! You can reassign the assigned already shortcuts in Word. Be sure that after Current assign to: there are no active Word commands. In any case, you can reassign any existing function in Word to a different key.