Learn how you can insert a check mark or tick mark in PowerPoint for Windows. These symbols allow you to mark a task as completed easily.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows
Do you want to insert a check mark, which is also called a tick mark, in your slides? Very often, this symbol indicates a task is done, and you may want to add it as part of your regular text in text placeholders and boxes, shapes, tables, and even charts. Fortunately, it is very easy to complete this task in most versions of PowerPoint for Windows. There may be slight differences, depending upon whether you are using a newer or older version of PowerPoint, but even then, the process is very similar. Using one of these options, you will be able to add a check mark or tick mark in PowerPoint.
We will look at four ways to add a check mark in PowerPoint:
It's no longer easy to add a check mark using an Alt key combination in PowerPoint, because when you press the Alt key, and type numbers, this activates commands on the Quick Access Toolbar. Fortunately, you can still use Notepad with the Alt key trick, as long as you have a separate number pad on your keyboard:
To access the check mark character from the Symbol dialog box, follow these steps:
Character Map is not an option within PowerPoint, but a small program that is built-in within Microsoft Windows. To bring up Character Map, you can bring up the Run dialog box from the Windows Start menu, as shown in Figure 8, below.
Figure 8: Bring up Character Map from the Run dialog box
Next type in "charmap" without the quotes, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 8. Now click the OK button.
This will bring up the Character Map program, as can be seen in Figure 9, below.
Figure 9: Character Map
Now follow these steps:
Sometimes, you may find that the font size of your pasted check mark character in PowerPoint may be different that the nearby text. In that case, make sure you match the font size of the text pasted.
Finally, you can create an AutoCorrect entry that lets you add a check mark quickly, with a shortcut. To do so, follow these steps:
Now, whenever you type _/, PowerPoint will replace these characters with an u umlaut. In case you don't want the _/ characters to be replaced with an u umlaut, press Ctrl + Z to undo. To see the check mark (tick mark) rather than the u umlaut, change the font to Winngdings. Also, do note that any AutoCorrect entry you create will work in all Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
See Also:
Symbols: Insert a Check Mark or Tick Mark (Glossary Page)
Insert a Check Mark or Tick Mark in PowerPoint for the Web
Insert a Check Mark or Tick Mark in PowerPoint for Mac
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