Putting special characters into Excel...

[Guest]

Hello.

This should be simple. I have a table in Excel and wnat to insert the sum
symbol (sigma) into the table.

How can I do this?

Just like Word has an insert symbol function, how can I insert uncommon
symbols into an excel cell.

I tried copying from Word and pasting into Excel. This works...however the
table that I had, which linked to Word, displayed a ? instead of the sigma
symbol.

Any ideas much appreciated.

Regards

Alex

 

[WREFORD]

I haven't tested this yet, but you might want to try a different font.
Times new Roman should have the symbol, but some do not.

 

[Dave Peterson]

You could open CharMap
(Windows start button|run|Charmap)
and copy|paste (and format the cell or character with that font).

or...

Chip Pearson has an addin that may help (if you're using xl2k or lower).
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/download.htm
(look for Symbolizer and make sure you get the correct version)