When using Word if I inset a symbol and select the ° degree symbol the ASCII character code is shown as 176. I can copy the ° and paste it into a forum should the need arise. The only other forum I'm a member of is for keepers of aquarium fish so in discussion I use the ° fairly often.
If I hold the Alt key and type 176 on the key pad I get this symbol ░. Is there a way of getting the ° symbol with another Alt key pad number to save having to use Word every time?
Thanks
Graeme
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Re: Alt key pad numbers
If you turn on NumLock, you can press Alt+0176 to get the degree symbol °. The 0 before 176 is essential.
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Hans
Hans
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Re: Alt key pad numbers
Ah, the missing leading 0 trap!
°
Works lovely now!
Thanks Hans
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Works lovely now!
Thanks Hans
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Re: Alt key pad numbers
An alternative, saving a massive one keystroke every time, is Alt+248 on the numeric pad...HansV wrote:If you turn on NumLock, you can press Alt+0176 to get the degree symbol °. The 0 before 176 is essential.
John Gray
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.
All my life I have tried multiplying really large numbers by zero.
That amounted to nothing.
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Re: Alt key pad numbers
Nice one John, 248 is probably easier to remember!
Thanks
Graeme
Thanks
Graeme