How can I insert the symbol for square feet?

[Robert]

I have been unable to find the symbol that designates that a number indicates
“square feetâ€. For example: The office comprises approximately 5,000 . . .
and then the symbol for square feet. I know how to draw it. (It’s a box
with a forward slash through it.) Is it available in MS Office Word and if
so where is it?

 

[Eric L.]

I don't see it in the list of insertable symbols.

One suggestion-find a picture of the square feet symbol, shrink it down to
the size of your text and format it as inline with text. It's kind of a
messy solution, but it's what I've done before. Or you could find and
install a font that has that symbol in it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Or create the symbol by combining two others; see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineCharacters.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Klaus Linke]

Or create the symbol by combining two others; see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineCharacters.htm

It seems to be in the new Unicode standard, but I haven't seen a font that
contains it, yet:
http://www.decodeunicode.org/en/u+23cd/properties

Klaus

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks for that, Klaus. I did look for it in Arial Unicode MS (though not
exhaustively) without finding it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org