You can easily insert a check mark (also known as a "tick mark") in Word, Outlook, Excel, or PowerPoint. These marks are static symbols. If you're looking for an interactive check box that you can click to check or uncheck, see: Add a check box or option button (Excel) or Make a checklist in Word.

Place your cursor at the spot where you want to insert the checkmark. Go to Insert > Advanced Symbol > Symbols. Choose the checkmark symbol that you want. Select Insert. Select Close.

Go to Insert > Online Pictures. Search for check mark, checkmark, or tick mark. For Word 2016, search using Bing Image Search. Select an image to use. Select Insert. Resize the image as needed.

CTRL+SHIFT+~ followed immediately by "a" will insert ã. CTRL+SHIFT+: followed immediately by "u" will insert ü. For more info on international characters see: Keyboard shortcuts for international characters.

After you insert a check box in a document, you can change the check box symbol from an X to a checkmark or other symbol, or make other changes, such as the color or size of the checkbox. Change the check box symbol. In your document, click the …

Insert a checklist Method 1: From the ribbon. To insert a checklist from the ribbon: Go to the Home tab. Navigate to the Paragraph group. Select Checklist. Method 2: Using shortcut. Alternatively, to insert the checklist, press (Ctrl +,) shortcut keys. Toggling a checklist. Select the empty or ticked checkbox on the left of the text in a checklist.

Select text, a picture, or a place in your document where you want to insert a bookmark. Select the Insert tab and choose Bookmark. On simplified ribbon, select the ellipsis (...) and choose Bookmark. Under Bookmark name, type a name and select Add.

In Word, you can easily add citations when writing a document where you need to cite your sources, such as a research paper. Citations can be added in various formats, including APA , Chicago-style , GOST, IEEE, ISO 690, and MLA .

In Word and Outlook, you can use accent marks (or diacritical marks) in a document, such as an acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis or umlaut, grave accent, or tilde. For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in the tables.

There are a number of ways that you can use your mobile device to add special characters to your documents. Use your touch keyboard. Your touch keyboard includes built-in special characters that are not shown on your screen. To see them, press and hold the corresponding key until a group of special characters or symbols appears.