I need a symbol but "symbol" in the Insert menu is grayed-out.

I upgraded to Office Professional for XP. In Excel I need a symbol, but it is
grayed out in the Insert Menu and won't work. Their instructions say it will,
but it won't. What can I do to activate symbol?
Nothappy

Couple of possibles.

If the worksheet is Protected or Shared, the Insert>Symbol is unavailable.

Have a look under Tools>Share Workbook and Tools>Protection.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Mon, 2 May 2005 14:46:06 -0700, "Nothappy"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I upgraded to Office Professional for XP. In Excel I need a symbol, but it is
>grayed out in the Insert Menu and won't work. Their instructions say it will,
>but it won't. What can I do to activate symbol?
>Nothappy

Thank you very much. You solved my problem and I appreciate the help!!!!!

"Nothappy" wrote:

> I upgraded to Office Professional for XP. In Excel I need a symbol, but it is
> grayed out in the Insert Menu and won't work. Their instructions say it will,
> but it won't. What can I do to activate symbol?
> Nothappy
>