A letter in a circle

[Guest]

I am trying to add a letter into a cell and the letter needs a circle around
it as if marking it on a printed form (E.G marking off the days you eat out;
M T W T F S S). I have tried making a jpeg image but it needs to be as text
or a symbol so it can be mail merged. Any suggestioned would bw helpful.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi

I would use the drawing toolbar (from View/Toolbars) and create an autoshape
circle.

Hope this helps.
Andy.

 

[Paul Lautman]

I am trying to add a letter into a cell and the letter needs a circle
around it as if marking it on a printed form (E.G marking off the
days you eat out; M T W T F S S). I have tried making a jpeg image
but it needs to be as text or a symbol so it can be mail merged. Any
suggestioned would bw helpful. Thanks

How about using the drawing tool to draw a circle around the letter and make
the drawing transparent?

 

[Guest]

Circled letters are available in unicode. In column A put:
9398
9399
9400
9401
9402
9403
9404
9405
9406
9407
9408
9409
9410
9411
9412
9413
9414
9415
9416
9417
9418
9419
9420
9421
9422
9423

In B1 put:
=uni(A1) and copy down

Here is the code for uni():

Function uni(r As Range) As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim s As String
i = r.Value
s = ChrW(i)
uni = s
End Function

 

[David]

With interest above need, I tried this and got boxes until I changed font
to Arial Unicode MS. Something the unwary might miss.

 

[Guest]

Thank you David, I'll remember to mention this in the future (or perhaps put
a comment in the code itself).

Unfortunately a function can't change the format of the cell in which it
resides.

 

[Gord Dibben]

GS

I get the circled letters with just about any font I set.

Just for info.

Gord

Thank you David, I'll remember to mention this in the future (or perhaps put
a comment in the code itself).

Unfortunately a function can't change the format of the cell in which it
resides.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP