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29-11-2007, 08:46 AM
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Let there be night...
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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How to get the degree symbol on a Win PC
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!
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29-11-2007, 08:58 AM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Join Date: May 2005
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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
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29-11-2007, 09:00 AM
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Colour is over-rated
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Newcastle, Australia
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For OSX users..... type alt-0 (zero).... it's going to be 27ºC here today.... 
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29-11-2007, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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I have always used "alt 0176" to get ° in Win
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29-11-2007, 09:08 AM
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Let there be night...
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Probably the same ASCII character Rally - but located in a different base font family.
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29-11-2007, 09:09 AM
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Let there be night...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee
For OSX users..... type alt-0 (zero).... it's going to be 27ºC here today.... |
Alternate characters are just so much easier on Macs. My fave is option-e "e".
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29-11-2007, 09:10 AM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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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
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29-11-2007, 09:51 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Make sure num-lock is on, Dennis?
I've always used Alt-0176 as well. 248 is one less key to type  Thanks Chris.
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29-11-2007, 10:02 AM
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Retired, damn no pension
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I use the symbol from the character map under accessories>system tools. (Keystroke Alt + 0167 apparently  )
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29-11-2007, 10:23 AM
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Dazzled by the Cosmos.
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Join Date: May 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 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. |
Ahhh – thanks Mike. I used Num-Lock in Chris’ solution, but the numeric keys on the main keyboard for Rally’s solution.
Cheers
Dennis
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29-11-2007, 10:33 AM
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yep it all depends on the font
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29-11-2007, 10:39 AM
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daniel
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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
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30-11-2007, 07:41 PM
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30-11-2007, 08:00 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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° ° ° ° °
Yep, it works 
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04-12-2007, 07:09 AM
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W°W!!
Thanks
D°ug!
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04-12-2007, 08:55 AM
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Barb and David
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That's great info Chris. - ° Thanks ° 
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