Delta Symbol (triangle)

[John Gregory]

I'm trying to find the delta symbol in Excel 2000 running in Windows XP HE.
The HELP file in Excel refers me to the Windows Help where I should find
something on "Character Map". That tells me it's supposed to be found under
Start/Programs/Accessories/Character Map and if not there, see Windows Help
for installation of the component. Not there. Anyone know where I get this
Character Map? ... specifically a delta charater?

 

[steveski]

Not sure if this will help, but what I do is go to Format Cells, Font
and choose Symbol. Then just type a capital 'D'. If you want the delt
followed by english characters, for example 'Delta T' for change i
temperature, then type 'DT', highlight the 'D' only, and then forma
the 'D' to symbol

 

[Jim Cone]

John,

Character Map is installed in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\charmap.exe
on my Windows XP system. Try looking there. Its worth having.
Also, windows help says the shortcut can be found in:
Accessories | System Tools. I've moved mine - I don't know
where it was originally.

Regards,
Jim Cone
San Francisco, CA

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi John,
I have installed the charmap on an Excel menu to keep toolbar free
but you could invoke a macro from either. I also installed a shortcut from
my quick launch.

Symbols for HTML and Excel use
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/htm/symbols.htm#CharacterMapCode

I have Windows 2000 so it is in the winnt directory,
and was in the windows directory in Windows 98,
but you can can use search for CharMap.exe on any system.

Sub showCharMap()
Dim vCharMap as String
'vCharMap = Shell("C:\Windows\CharMap.exe", 1)
vCharMap = Shell("C:\winnt\system32\CharMap.exe", 1)
End Sub

Seems strange that Windows XP would revert back to Windows
directory instead of WinNT, wonder if there is a difference between
Windows XP and the home edition.

Instructions to install a macro in my getstarted.htm web page,
and toolbars and menus on my toolbars.htm web page.

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

 

[A.W.J. Ales]

Hi

I still had it in the original XP directory and it is in the directory :
C:\Windows\System32 and in C:\Windows\\System32\DLLcache.
(Windows XP and Excel XP pro)

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Regards,
Auk Ales

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Hi John,
I have installed the charmap on an Excel menu to keep toolbar free
but you could invoke a macro from either. I also installed a shortcut from
my quick launch.

Symbols for HTML and Excel use
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/rexx/htm/symbols.htm#CharacterMapCode

I have Windows 2000 so it is in the winnt directory,
and was in the windows directory in Windows 98,
but you can can use search for CharMap.exe on any system.

Sub showCharMap()
Dim vCharMap as String
'vCharMap = Shell("C:\Windows\CharMap.exe", 1)
vCharMap = Shell("C:\winnt\system32\CharMap.exe", 1)
End Sub

Seems strange that Windows XP would revert back to Windows
directory instead of WinNT, wonder if there is a difference between
Windows XP and the home edition.

Instructions to install a macro in my getstarted.htm web page,
and toolbars and menus on my toolbars.htm web page.

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

 

[Bruce Sinclair]

I'm trying to find the delta symbol in Excel 2000 running in Windows XP HE.
The HELP file in Excel refers me to the Windows Help where I should find
something on "Character Map". That tells me it's supposed to be found under
Start/Programs/Accessories/Character Map and if not there, see Windows Help
for installation of the component. Not there. Anyone know where I get this
Character Map? ... specifically a delta charater?

In excel try :

insert/symbol

That will get you to what is effectively a character map where you
can see all or part of a fonts characters.
If you can't find what you want, try a different font. If you haven't
played with symbols, wingdings or dingbats (fonts ) check them out
while you are there. Never know when it might come in handy

Bruce



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