How to get the degree symbol on a Win PC

[Omaroo]

Just in case anyone ever needs to mention "degrees" in a post - either in terms of position or temperature - just hold down your "Alt" ket and type "248" on your numeric keypad (with num-lock on) and then let go the alt key.

Example:

It was 27°C today.

My latitude is 34°4'12"

Nice!

[Dennis]

Thanks Chris - I had previously been editing my posts in MS Word and using the Menu "Insert” and drop down “Symbol" function to do the same thing.

Cheers

Dennis

[Lee]

For OSX users..... type alt-0 (zero).... it's going to be 27ºC here today.... :D

[rally]

I have always used "alt 0176" to get ° in Win

[Omaroo]

Probably the same ASCII character Rally - but located in a different base font family.

[Omaroo]

Alternate characters are just so much easier on Macs. My fave is option-e "e".

[Dennis]

Hi Rally

When I tried Alt 0176 in the "Quick Reply" panel, the cursor jumped out of the panel when I pressed 1, jumping to the top of the page?

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

Make sure num-lock is on, Dennis?

I've always used Alt-0176 as well. 248 is one less key to type :) Thanks Chris.

[[1ponders]]

I use the symbol from the character map under accessories>system tools. (Keystroke Alt + 0167 apparently ;) )

[Dennis]

Ahhh – thanks Mike. I used Num-Lock in Chris’ solution, but the numeric keys on the main keyboard for Rally’s solution.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

yep it all depends on the font

[dannat]

For OS X users there is a dashboard widget from taco widgets that when you hover over the character it gives you the keyboard shortcut - there are heaps - there is also a function that lets you drag the widget to the desktop - its cool if you need to type a lot of symbols

[programmer]

I'm sure you've Googled and found this by now, but anyway ..
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html

[33South]

Also this may help ;)

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=21381&highlight=character

[ballaratdragons]

° ° ° ° °

Yep, it works :lol:

[dugnsuz]

W°W!!
Thanks
D°ug!

[Tamtarn]

That's great info Chris. - ° Thanks ° :thumbsup: