Degrees symbol

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This may seem relatively simple but all I want to do is put a degrees symbol
at the end of a temperature. I have looks through the Windings but there are
hundreds of them through Windings 1,2,3. Is there a quick way to do this or
can someone tell me where exactly I will find it. I'm surprised that it's not
included in the special characters.
Thanks in advance
 
markmcd said:
This may seem relatively simple but all I want to do is put a degrees
symbol at the end of a temperature. I have looks through the Windings
but there are hundreds of them through Windings 1,2,3. Is there a
quick way to do this or can someone tell me where exactly I will find
it. I'm surprised that it's not included in the special characters.
Thanks in advance
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Hold down the Alt key and type 248 on the numeric key pad
 
The degree symbol is contained in every ASCII and Unicode font at character
00B0 (Unicode) or 0176 (ASCII). You can insert this through Insert | Symbol,
but the built-in keyboard shortcut for inserting it in Word is Ctrl+@,
Spacebar.
 
ASCII 248 (U00F8) is "small letter o with stroke" (ø), not a degree symbol.
 
Suzanne said:
ASCII 248 (U00F8) is "small letter o with stroke" (ø), not a degree
symbol.
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Not on my system, Alt-248 gets me °, maybe it depends on your regional or
language settings
 
Suzanne said:
The degree symbol is contained in every ASCII and Unicode font at
character 00B0 (Unicode) or 0176 (ASCII). You can insert this through
Insert | Symbol, but the built-in keyboard shortcut for inserting it
in Word is Ctrl+@, Spacebar.
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Alt 176 gives me ¦ not °
 
You're using Alt+176 rather than Alt+0176, which is the same reason you get
a degree symbol with Alt+248 instead of ø with Alt+0248.
 
Suzanne said:
You're using Alt+176 rather than Alt+0176, which is the same reason
you get a degree symbol with Alt+248 instead of ø with Alt+0248.
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So it does, what a difference an 0 makes.

Well at least my answer to the original poster was correct.
 
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