Degree symbol is very useful for every computer users. Sometimes you need to type degree symbol. But you won’t find the degree symbol on your keyboard. Today we will show you, how to type degree symbol on Windows or Mac computer, MS Word, MS Excel and Android mobile easily. You might want to insert a degree symbol when you write about temperatures or measurements in Word. You can do this by using the Symbol drop-down menu or the keyboard shortcut, Alt + 0176. In this article. Insert the degree symbol by using the ribbon. Insert the degree symbol by using a keyboard shortcut. Insert the degree symbol by using the. Keyboard shortcuts. On the Mac, there are a few keyboard shortcuts by pressing and holding the Option/Alt key (⌥) whilst pressing another character on the keyboard. Or a combination of the Option/Alt key and the Shift key (⇧). For example, the division symbol (÷) is ⌥ and /. The degree symbol (°) is ⇧ and ⌥ and 8.
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Type or enter the ° Degree symbol into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Windows programs generally.
Degree ° is a common symbol and should be available in most fonts. If not, try another font or one of the fonts with a very wide range of characters like Arial Unicode MS or Ludica Sans Unicode.
Typing Degree ° in Word
Degree ° has an inbuilt shortcut in Word.
Ctrl + @ followed by a space will enter a ° Degree symbol
Or use the standard Word symbol shortcut 00B0 then Alt + X See The old Alt+X trick.
Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut.
Degree in Excel and PowerPoint
Insert | Symbols | Symbol and look for the Degree ° or just enter the Unicode (Hex) value 00B0 into the character code box.
Degree Symbol On Keyboard
Windows and the Degree symbol
In Windows there are several shortcuts to enter the Degree ° character into any program but they use a numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.
Alt + 00B0 is the Windows keyboard shortcut.
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In Character Map enter the code 00B0 into the ‘Go to Unicode’ box to jump to that character.
Mac shortcut for Degree ° symbol
Type degree with
Shift + Option + 8
Degree ° symbol codes
Decimal: 176
Hex: 00B0
Hex: 00B0
Use the Hex code in Word as a shortcut to enter any symbol. The Hex code lets you find the Degree ° symbol quickly in the Insert Symbol dialog or Windows Character Map (see below)
Web codes for Degree
Web codes aren’t used in Microsoft Office but we’ve added them for the sake of completeness.
Web: ° or ° or °
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Mac Keyboard Shortcut For Degree Sign
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It would be nice if you could re-assign the option+key (e.g. option + a = alpha), but I haven't found a way. What I have done instead is do as Tom said, then just map a keyboard shortcut to change between inputs (I'm using ctrl+space):
Setup keyboard shortcut: 'system preferences->keyboard->input Sources->Language' then enable the 'select previous input source' (last one on my list), change the shortcut as needed.
Though (as you might know?) for a few of them, you already have dedicated shortcuts (just not all the ones I need, but you might be lucky?):
Greek
16 ∂ Option-D (Delta) )
17 ∆ Option-J (Delta)
18 µ Option-M (Mu)
19 π Option-P (phi)
20 ß Option-S (beta
21 Ω Option-Z (Omega)
22 ∏ Option-Shift-P (phi)
Found here: http://modmyi.com/forums/mac-tips-tricks-mods/328131-100-mac-keyboard-shortcuts- creating-symbols.html)
Cheers,
W