Symbols

How do I add the Symbols option to my Insert menu item?

Tools>Customize>Commands>Insert.

Scroll down to "Symbols" icon and drag to your Insert Menu.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:23:03 -0700, MAC <MAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>How do I add the Symbols option to my Insert menu item?

Hi Mac,
If you have Excel 2000 or earlier you don't have that option in Excel, but you
can access the CharMap as a toolbar icon or from a menu.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/...ls.htm#charmap
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/...aracterMapCode
or if you want to see a list of characters you might want to look at
Font Tables as Rendered by your browser
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/htm/fonts.htm

Chip Pearson has a Symbolizer Addin to access 200 symbols.
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/chars.htm
---
HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message news:etmjj11hch61i1v24dqcc3618ad3ho0e8t@4ax.com...
> Tools>Customize>Commands>Insert.
>
> Scroll down to "Symbols" icon and drag to your Insert Menu.
>
>
> Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:23:03 -0700, MAC <MAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >How do I add the Symbols option to my Insert menu item?
>

Good point David.

Forgot that 2000 and earlier had no Insert>Symbols function.


Gord

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:13:02 -0400, "David McRitchie"
<dmcritchie_xlmvp@verizon.net> wrote:

>Hi Mac,
>If you have Excel 2000 or earlier you don't have that option in Excel, but you
>can access the CharMap as a toolbar icon or from a menu.
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/...ls.htm#charmap
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/...aracterMapCode
>or if you want to see a list of characters you might want to look at
> Font Tables as Rendered by your browser
> http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/htm/fonts.htm
>
> Chip Pearson has a Symbolizer Addin to access 200 symbols.
> http://www.cpearson.com/excel/chars.htm
>---
>HTH,
>David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
>My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
>Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm
>
>"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message news:etmjj11hch61i1v24dqcc3618ad3ho0e8t@4ax.com...
>> Tools>Customize>Commands>Insert.
>>
>> Scroll down to "Symbols" icon and drag to your Insert Menu.
>>
>>
>> Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:23:03 -0700, MAC <MAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >How do I add the Symbols option to my Insert menu item?
>>
>

I followed your instructions but the Symbols option does not exist in the
list of commands

the thing is that I used to be able to insert symbols but I had to
re-install Excell and have now lost the ability to insert symbols


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

> Tools>Customize>Commands>Insert.
>
> Scroll down to "Symbols" icon and drag to your Insert Menu.
>
>
> Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:23:03 -0700, MAC <MAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >How do I add the Symbols option to my Insert menu item?
>
>

Chip Pearson's Symbolizer Addin was one of several options
mentioned in a previous post in this thread::
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...TNGP12.phx.gbl

What version of Excel? Only 2002 and later have this available AFAIK.

BTW "Symbols" is not in the list of commands.

It is in the list under Commands>Insert.

If you have no other customizations you wish to preserve try
Customize?Toolbars>Worksheet Menu Bar and "Reset".


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:39:08 -0700, MAC <MAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I followed your instructions but the Symbols option does not exist in the
>list of commands
>
>the thing is that I used to be able to insert symbols but I had to
>re-install Excell and have now lost the ability to insert symbols
>
>
>"Gord Dibben" wrote:
>
>> Tools>Customize>Commands>Insert.
>>
>> Scroll down to "Symbols" icon and drag to your Insert Menu.
>>
>>
>> Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:23:03 -0700, MAC <MAC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >How do I add the Symbols option to my Insert menu item?
>>
>>