How to insert a check mark in PowerPoint

Looking for a nice visual to accompany completed goals or tasks in a slideshow? Or, maybe you want to animate a check mark for a cool presentation effect. We’ll show you how to insert a check mark in PowerPoint, both as bullets for a list and an individual character.

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Insert a check mark list

One handy way to use check marks in a presentation is with a list of items. This is ideal for things like goals your organization met, tasks your company completed, or markets your business has entered.

Using the Plus AI add-on, you can transform existing text into a check mark list or enter the items you’d like for the list and ask Plus AI to include check marks.

As an example, we’ll turn the content in our text box into a check mark list with these steps:

1. Choose the slide containing the text and go to Extensions > Plus AI > Edit with Plus AI in the menu.

2. Select the text box or specific text.
3. Open the Rewrite tab in the sidebar and enter the instructions in the Rewrite Notes box. For our example, we simply type “Add check marks to the list.”

4. Click Rewrite selected text and you’ll see the updated content, complete with check marks.

If you update your presentation with Plus AI in Slides, learn how to convert Google Slides to PowerPoint.

Insert a single check mark

If it’s not a list of check marks you want, but a single check mark symbol, this is simple to do as well. You may want a check mark that you can animate or just display statically on the slide like any other letter or character.

1. Either place your cursor in the text box where you want the check mark or add a text box by going to the Insert tab, selecting Text Box, and dragging to draw the box.
2. Also on the Insert tab, open the Symbols menu and pick Symbol.

• On Windows, locate the check mark in the Symbol pop-up. As suggestions, you can also enter one of the following codes in the Character code box at the bottom: 252, 254, 2705, 2713, 2714. Select the check mark you want and click Insert to add it to the text box.

• On Mac, locate the check mark in the Character Viewer. You can enter “check mark” into the Search box to quickly find one and then double-click to insert it on the slide.

Once inserted, you can adjust the check mark size and optionally the format and the color using the Font section of the ribbon on the Home tab.

Conclusion

Whether you want a check mark list or an individual check mark character, it’s easy to do in PowerPoint and might be the exact visual you need.

Be sure to check out additional features of Plus AI that go beyond inserting lists. You can create entire presentations, edit slides and content in existing slideshows, and choose from an attractive collection of templates for just the right look.

FAQs

How do you type a checkmark on a keyboard?

On Windows, you can enter the character code for a check mark using the numeric keypad. Hold Alt and enter 0252 or 0254 on the keypad and you’ll see the check mark appear.

On Mac, press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer and search for a check mark.

How do you type a checkmark in Word?

Similar to PowerPoint, you can open the Symbol pop-up and choose the check mark you want. Go to the Insert tab, open the Symbol menu in the ribbon and either choose a quick check mark option or More Symbols to open the Symbol pop-up window.

How do you get a check mark box in PowerPoint?

You can add a Check Box control in PowerPoint by heading to the Developer tab. Select Check Box in the Controls section of the ribbon and then drag to draw the box on your slide.