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Delta Symbol in Excel

By Madhuri ThakurMadhuri Thakur

Delta Symbol in Excel

Definition of Delta Symbol

The delta symbol is used to showcase change over time. These type of changeovers are mostly used in different dashboards, in which the data variations appear for a quick view.

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How to Insert Delta Symbol to the Excel?

You won’t get the delta symbol directly from the keyboard. The two different methods are by selecting from the insert menu and through keyboard short cut. Let’s see the different ways to insert the delta symbol into excel.

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Delta Symbol from the Insert Menu

  • Select a cell where you want to insert the delta menu. Go to the insert menu. Select the Symbols.

Delta Symbol in Excel 1.1

  • Once you click on the symbols, it will provide a wi0ndow with different symbols used in excel, which are not available on the keyboard.

Delta Symbol in Excel 1.2

  • If the delta symbol is showing within the list, select it and click on the insert button. Or else change the ‘Subset’ drop-down select the ‘Greek and Coptic’.

Delta Symbol in Excel 1.3

  • This will list the symbols where you can see the delta symbol. Select the symbol and press the insert button.

Delta Symbol in Excel 1.4

  • The delta symbol will get inserted into the cell. Press the close button once the symbol gets inserted to the cell.

Delta Symbol in Excel 1.5

  • The delta symbol is similar to a triangle that will be inserted. You can change the look using the different available font. Let’s try to insert a black color filled delta symbol. To get a center filled delta, change the ‘Font’ to ‘Arial’. And select the Subset to ‘Geometric Shape’.

Delta Symbol in Excel 1.6

Shortcut key to Insert Delta Symbol in Excel.

If the delta symbol is continuously used in an excel sheet, doing the above process is time-consuming. Here you can use the shortcut key for the delta symbol. Hold the Alt key and press number 30 from the number keypad on the keyboard. This will insert a black color filled delta symbol to the selected area.

Delta Symbol in Excel - Alt+30

This is another method to insert the delta symbol in a worksheet. To insert an empty delta, select the targeted cell type” D”.

Delta Symbol in Excel - type” D”

Select the home menu, then change the font type into “Symbol”. The letter will be changed into a delta symbol.

Delta Symbol in Excel - Type D - 2

Inserting Delta Using Formula

It is possible to insert a delta symbol using the CHAR function. Special characters and symbols are inserted using this function.

  • Open a char function in the cell where you want to insert a delta symbol.

Delta Symbol in Excel - CHAR Function 1.1

  • Enter the character number to the char function and press enter.

CHAR Function 1.2

  • You will get the corresponding character ‘r’ for the character number provided to the char function.

CHAR Function 1.3

  • Change the font type to “Wingdings 3”. This will insert an empty delta symbol to the cell instead of the character ‘r’.

CHAR Function 1.4

  • To get a filled delta symbol change the character number to 112 from 114.

CHAR Function 1.5

Inserting Delta Symbol Using AutoCorrect

AutoCorrect is a feature used in excel to correct the misspelled words while you type automatically. Apart from automatic correction, this is used to change abbreviations into full text and insert special characters or symbols without using any other sources. By storing the delta symbol in a text or word, set the auto-correction. So once the same is typed in the spreadsheet excel will autocorrect it into the delta symbol.

  • Copy a delta symbol from the spreadsheet, then click on the File>>>> Options.

AutoCorrect 1.1

  • Move to the option ‘Proofing’ in the available list.  Select the AutoCorrect tab where you can set the word which needs to correct automatically while typing.

AutoCorrect 1.2

  • You will get a new window to set the autocorrect word. A list of previously set auto-corrections will be shown. Two textboxes will be shown; in the ‘With:’ textbox, paste the delta symbol.

AutoCorrect 1.3

  • In the ‘Replace’ textbox, give the word for which the auto-correction should perform. Here we use the word ‘del’ as the auto-correction text for the delta symbol. Use the ‘Add’ button to add the given symbol and word to the list. Press the ‘OK button to save the list.

AutoCorrect 1.4

  • Open the worksheet and type the word which you set for auto-correction. Here we set the word as ‘del’. So type the word in the cell where you want to insert the delta symbol.

AutoCorrect 1.5

  • Press space after typing ‘del’. The delta symbol will get inserted in the cell where the word is typed. Similarly, it is also possible to set an empty delta symbol.

AutoCorrect 1.6

Delta Inserting Using Custom Number Formatting

In dashboards, you can see delta symbols with different colors. Commonly the delta symbol uses to show the variance or difference between two numbers. Let’s see how to insert the delta symbol while doing a calculation.

  1. A table is given with a different product name and its MRP. The amount after sales with discount is also mentioned.

custom number formatting 1.1

  1. Find the difference amount sold and MRP by finding the difference between the two numbers.

custom number formatting 1.2

  1. Select the column variation and press Ctrl+1. This will open the format window. Select the custom from the category list. Select the format as general from the ‘type’ list paste a delta symbol along with general. Hit the ‘OK button.

custom number formatting 1.3

This will insert a delta symbol with the amounts.

custom number formatting 1.4

  1. Now both negative and positive values are specified with an upwards delta symbol. We need to change this and want to show the negative values to downwards and positive values to up words. To do this, change the format again as below.

custom number formatting 1.5

This will change the delta symbol in two ways.

custom number formatting 1.6

  1. To get this in two different colors, use the format to mention the colors for two delta symbols.

custom number formatting 1.7

The table will showcase the numbers in with different colors

custom number formatting 1.8

Things to Remember

  • Two types of delta symbols are used. Filled delta symbol and empty delta symbol.
  • Char function can insert symbols to the worksheet using its character numbers.
  • Auto-correction is the best option if the delta symbol is using continuously.
  • While using Alt+30 as a shortcut, use the numeric keyboard to get the number 30.

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