Today we will tell you how to print the degree symbol in various situations. This is a typographic designation in the form of a superscript circle, it is customary to denote the sizes of temperatures and angles. The difficulty is that there is no degree symbol on the keyboard. At the same time, it is present in the encoding table, which the operating system uses to display symbols on the screen. The Celsius degree symbol (superscript in combination with the letter C) is included in the first 128 characters. This allows you to use it in simple text formats - for example, .txt.
Instruction manual
We use the code 0176 to insert the degree Celsius symbol into the documents (adding the Latin letter C to it). To do this, press the Alt key and type in the code on the optional numeric keypad. The button should be released only after completion of input. While the code will be typed, nothing will change on the screen, however, after the procedure is completed, the icon will appear at the cursor location.
List selection
In order to write the “degree” symbol in a different way, run the Windows component called the “Symbol Table”. In order to do this, press the combination Win + R. Enter the charmap command, press the Enter key. Going in this way to the symbol table, we find the “degree” symbol. Double-click it, and then click the "Copy" button. Then we switch to the window of the edited document, insert the symbol using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V.
Apple platform
Now we will tell you how to achieve the result you need in the Mac operating system. Use the combination Opt + Shift + 8. It is this hotkey combination that is designed to write
the degree icon in documents on this platform.
How to set the degree symbol in Word
Go to the word processor Word and insert the code 00B0. We use the English letter B. This combination corresponds to the designation we need in the Unicode character table, and Microsoft Office can handle such characters. We set the input cursor on that part of the page where the degree sign should be placed, type the code, and then press the combination Alt + X. Thus, the text editor will remove these four characters, displaying the necessary one instead. Next, we discuss HTML symbolic primitives. They should be used if you want to place the degree sign in a hypertext document. In order for this notation to appear in the content of the web page, a special sequence of characters should be placed in it - & # 176. You can also use - & deg. Both combinations form a similar degree sign.
Free platform
You can’t get past the solution to this problem for
the Linux
operating system . It should be borne in mind that on computers this sign can be obtained by typing "Compose o o". To understand why such a combination was chosen, it is necessary to tell a little about the purpose of the key. On some PCs, the Compose button sends a special signal to the software, which indicates the need to interpret a certain sequence of characters in order to get a designation that is not on the traditional keyboard layout. You can give an example. By pressing Compose, then “a” in combination with “e”, you can get a ligature æ. The key also received the name "Multi_key". Numerous keyboard layouts suggest various layout options for this button. Commonly used on PC compatible architecture. However, often one of the
Windows keys can play such a role
.In the absence of the necessary button, its functions can be manually transferred to another or use special software for this. The key can be used in many different combinations; specially created technical tables allow the user to familiarize themselves with them. We will not give combinations in this material, just as they do not relate to the degree symbol we need. The Compose key can be found in the DEC keyboard family LK201, as well as their successors. There is one in Sun Microsystems input devices. By the way, as you can see from the description a bit above, on the Mac OS, the Option button provides similar functionality. We already wrote about how to get degrees with its help. Compose is not supported by the Microsoft Windows operating system. At the same time, its functionality is saved and partially transferred to the Alt key for individual characters. In this case, it is necessary to use special codes on the numeric keypad, which was considered by the example of a degree in the corresponding section of this article. However, some programs directly support Compose. In addition, there is an AllChars application that is distributed under open source software and is capable of emulating such a key on Windows systems.
That's all, now you know how to get the “Degree” symbol in various text editors and in the conditions of widely used operating systems. We hope that this article will give you the most complete information.