Symbols in Excel 2007 Chart

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johnmclaughlin48@gmail.com - 04 Sep 2007 16:46 GMT

Dear Group,

Hello. I would like to use the greek mu symbol in an Excel 2007
histogram. I am able to convert the "m" into the proper "mu" symbol
in the spreadsheet itself but this is not reflected in the resulting
graphic. I need for my X axis label to be represented by the proper
greek letter, not m. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Thank you in advance.

John McLaughlin

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Jon Peltier - 04 Sep 2007 17:02 GMT

In many fonts, holding Alt while typing 0181 on the numeric keypad produces
µ. This means you don't have to change the font for some of the characters
in a text element (and many text elements cannot be formatted character by
character).

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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> Dear Group,
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> John McLaughlin

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johnmclaughlin48@gmail.com - 04 Sep 2007 18:37 GMT

On Sep 4, 11:46 am, "johnmclaughli...@gmail.com"
<johnmclaughli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Group,
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> John McLaughlin

Thanks Jon, This worked! I didn't know about this method and did not
expect it to work. Before you sent this message I went ahead and
imported the graphic into PowerPoint without the labels and then put
the labels in by hand- very time consuming. Your method will save me
a great deal of time in the future.

Thanks again.

Take care,

John
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John McLaughlin
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Foran Hall, Room 208
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Cook College - Rutgers University

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