Quick Summary • • • • • • • • • • • In this article we will cover some of the ways we can insert a degree symbol in our documents. Download firefox 51.0 for mac. Insert degree symbol in Windows There are a number of methods that can be followed if you want to insert a degree symbol in your Windows operating system. Keyboard keys combination The first and the quickest ways of inserting a degree symbol in a document is by pressing some combinations on your keyboard. All you have to do is (while typing in a document) hold down the alt key and from the number keypad type 0176 and after you release the alt key a degree symbol will appear on your screen. Alt + 0176 OR Alt + 248 Make sure that the num lock is active while pressing keys on number pad.

The only limitation of this method is that you should have the numeric keypad on your keyboard. The top number keys row will not work. Insert symbol in Microsoft word If you are writing a document in Microsoft Word, it is fairly easy to insert a degree symbol in that word document. Just go to the insert option and select symbol From here set all the options as given in the picture below and there you will find a degree symbol. Create a custom keyboard shortcut for degree symbol in Microsoft Word You can also create a shortcut key for this symbol in case you want to keep using it again and again. Just click on shortcut key and in the press new shortcut key box just press the combination you want to use in future whenever you need to type a degree symbol. Insert degree symbol using Character Map app in Windows Now this one is not as quick as the ones above but it comes in handy if you are typing a document in a text document instead of using any Microsoft word application.

So in order to use a degree symbol in it download an app called “ character map' search for this app in the start menu and start downloading it. After you download you will start seeing it in the start menu. So now whenever you want to insert a symbol from the character map just select this app from start menu and start using it. Just search for the symbol in the search for bar of this app like in this case “ degree symbol” and simply click on it and copy it from the characters to copy bar and now you can paste it in any document that you want.

Insert degree symbol in Mac Like in a Windows laptop keyboard you cannot find a degree symbol ion the keyboard same is the case with a Mac Book. So in order to insert a degree symbol in Mac OS follow some of the methods given below. Insert degree symbol in Mac using keyboard shortcut In Mac operating system you can also insert the degree symbol by using two types of keyboard combinations.

The easiest method of typing degree symbol in MS Word is to use the key combination of Ctrl+Shift+@ and then press space bar. Following is the sequence of pressing keys to get degree symbol: Press Ctrl and hold; Press Shift and hold; Press @ Release Ctrl and Shift; Press space bar; Method 2: You can also use the Alt key method to type this symbol. As seen in the screenshot above (based on OS X Yosemite 10.10.2), you have a choice of three degree symbol options: one each for degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius, and a plain degree symbol. In Excel, there is an option called auto correct which you can use to add a degree symbol in a cell by using an abbreviation. It works something like this. You enter DYGR in a cell and Excel converts (auto correct) it into a real degree symbol. Switch to the numbers and symbols keyboard and press the ALT key. The degrees symbol is on the second row This information is brought to you by the incredibly awesome people of 36 Degrees North, Tulsa's top coworking space for entrepreneurs, startup founders, small business owners, freelancers and remote workers.