Remember, you will have to change the font to Wingdings before the character code is entered. Using the numerical keypad (not the horizontal line of numbers), hold down Alt and enter any one of the following combination of numbers: There are a series of codes that will enable you to insert four different tick marks.Ģ. Remember that you will need the numerical keypad as rather than the keyboard. Method 4 – Tick symbol character codeĪnother quick way is to use the character code of the tick symbol. Finally, copy and paste the icon to the relevant location within the text. When you hover the mouse over the correct symbol, it will appear larger and you will have the ability to select different versions of the check mark.

Choose the font option and once again, select Wingdings. This can also be accessed from the 'Start' menu under the 'Character Map' section (within System Tools). The tick mark will be found at the bottom of the list. From this section, choose the 'Font' option and select 'Wingdings'. After accessing the 'Insert' menu, find the 'Symbol' tab. Note that you will need to have Excel installed to do this. This entry was posted in Insight, Software and tagged Excel, Microsoft Office, Word on Novemby Ryan Sechrest.Wingdings 2 and Webdings keyboard shortcuts Method 3 – Symbol command It definitely beats reinstalling and reconfiguring all Microsoft products again - especially Outlook. After that’s completed, we just move the Automator folder back. By temporarily moving the Automator folder, it will download and install the update again. I didn’t worry much about it then, but that could have been the catalyst for the icons getting mixed up. I think Microsoft Office tried to update some time ago, but failed. Launch Microsoft Word and your icons should be restored.Go back to Terminal and type: sudo mv Automator_Old Automator followed by your password again.Quit Microsoft Word and install the update.You should now see an update for me it was update 14.2.5.Go to: Help > Check for Updates and then press the “Check for Updates” button.Enter your Mac password and hit ENTER again.

Type in sudo mv Automator Automator_Old, hit ENTER.Launch Terminal: Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app.Ensure all Microsoft products are quit, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Communicator, etc.You can read about each proposed solution in detail by visiting the respective link above, however what did the trick for me was the following one: Microsoft Office: Mac 2011 Toolbar Icons are Screwed Up.I did a bit of research online and found several threads talking about the issue:

Needless to say, this mix-up is less than convenient. For example, the save button now contained an icon of scissors and the up arrow on the scroll bar was now the spell check icon. I came across a really bizarre issue on my Mac regarding the toolbar icons in Word (and Excel).

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