![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll instantly see a bunch of icons available for you to insert. Next, you will want to pick your desired Segoe UI font name from the Font drop-down. To get started, click on an empty cell and go to the Insert tab in your Excel Ribbon and click the Symbol Button (below the Equations button in the Symbols group). Since the icons are their own characters, you cannot simply access them via your keyboard like Webdings (unless you want to memorize a bunch of 5-6 digit character codes). ![]() To collect to icons you want to use in your spreadsheet, you will need to find them in the Symbols Dialog box and insert them into a cell. There are two fonts specifically that have a massive amount of extra symbols associated with them compared to normal fonts. There are a number of different Segoe UI fonts that come pre-installed with Windows. Not ideal, but I’ve been able to provide instructions within my spreadsheet in the past to ensure users know what they need to input.ĭid you know there is another font that has an amazing volume of icons that put the “Dings” font family to shame? Better yet, the icons are their own characters! Let’s dive into this hidden gem that very few Excel users know about. This means someone needs to know which letter on their keyboard equates to the symbol they want to display (check out my font cheat sheet for these). The downside to the “Dings” font family is that the icons are assigned to letters instead of being characters themselves. Typically when you are trying to get creative and add icons to your spreadsheet, you reference a font like WingDings or WebDings. ![]()
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