While working at a computer, you may need a powerful text editor, which is Microsoft Word. It has a huge number of tools that allow you to format the written text in all possible ways. But this program is quite complicated, for example, not everyone knows how to check the box in the Word box. Although at first glance this may seem like a simple action.
How to check the “Word”
Getting down to business. Now you will learn how to insert check marks in the Word. Most importantly, the program allows you to do this in two different ways. The article will discuss both. The first involves the use of the well-known symbol table, while the second suggests the implementation of the task by using hot keys. You can immediately say that the second method is many times faster, but it also has its own nuances.
Method 1: through the character table
In the Word program, as in the system itself, there is a special table with symbols, in which there are a huge number of icons. It is from it that we can take and insert the checkmark we need. Looking ahead, it is worth saying that there are several options to choose from. For example, there is just a checkmark or it is, but already in the square. Fortunately, the way they are inserted is exactly the same, so you don’t have to remember each one individually.
So, to set the checkboxes in the “Word” using the table with symbols, you need to follow these steps.
- Open the program and go to the "Paste" tab.
- Next, in the tool group called “Symbols”, click on the “Symbol” button, and select “Other Symbols” in the drop-down menu.
- You will see a window with symbols. As you might guess, this is where you need to find a check mark. There are a lot of characters, to speed up the search, select a special font - Wingdings 2.
- You just have to select the necessary checkmark and click on the "Insert" button.
After that, the desired character will appear on the sheet in Word. Please note that it is inserted in the place where the cursor was placed, so before executing the above instructions, set it to the right place.
Method 2: using hotkeys
We figured out the symbol table, now it’s clear how you can insert ticks in the Word. This is a rather convenient way, but no one will dispute that it takes quite a while, especially if you need to put these characters in many places in the text.
Now we’ll tell you how to check the text by pressing special hot keys. But for this, you first need to find out the character code. We take information from the symbol table.
Opening it, select the desired checkmark. In the field "Code of the sign" will be a number, it must be remembered. For example, we want to insert a regular checkmark, the code for it is 80. You will need to do the following:
- place the cursor where you want the checkmark to be inserted;
- press and hold the Alt key located on the left side;
- on the dial enter the character code;
- release the Alt key.
After that, the character will be inserted with the text.
Conclusion
Now you know two methods of how to tick off the Word without special efforts and tricks. We hope this article was useful to you, and you were able to achieve your goal with its help.