Check mark or tick has two options, normal ✓ or heavy ✔ to insert into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac.
Checkmark ✓ symbol is used for bullet or check lists and other indicators.
There’s also Heavy Check Mark ✔ which looks different, heavier, than the normal check mark (even with a bold setting).
Looking for the opposite ‘Cross’ X mark? See X cross symbol ✗ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
How Check mark ✓ looks in different fonts.
Here’s some examples of how Check mark ✓ looks in Segoe UI Symbol which is supplied with Office for Windows or Mac.
Check mark / tick ✓ codes
These are the important code numbers or values you’ll need to enter the Check mark or tick.
Decimal: 10003 Hex: 2713
Web: ✓ or ✓ or ✓
(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)
Heavy Check mark / tick ✓ codes
Heavy Check mark or tick codes are next in the Unicode list.
Decimal: 10004 Hex: 2714
Web: ✔ or ✔
(web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office, we’ve included them for the sake of completeness.)
Word and Outlook
The Check mark ✓ sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word.
Use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 2713 + Alt + X
Heavy Check Mark 2714 + Alt + X
Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the Check mark and Heavy Check Mark symbol.
Windows
In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Check mark ✓ character into any program, but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.
Alt + 10003 – Check Mark
Alt + 10004 – Heavy Check Mark
Windows Character Map
The Windows Character Map accessory in all Windows releases
Character Map has a search feature, something missing from the Insert | Symbol in Office.
MacOS and Office for Mac inserting characters
On a Mac, to enter the Check mark ✓ symbol:
- Command + Control + Spacebar shortcut to open the Character Viewer.
- Search for “ Check “ and the Viewer should find various checkmark or tick options.
Despite the name Character Viewer, the Apple system tool will also insert characters into any program, including Office for Mac.
X cross symbol ✗ in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Tilde ~ symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Type Infinity ∞ symbols in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Left Right arrow ↔ in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Right arrow → symbol in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
