Degree symbol °

[Chap]

We talk a lot about temps on this forum and just thought I would mention the keyboard short cut for ° is hold the alt key, then type 2, 4, 8 on the number pad.

I didn't search, so if this has been mentioned a million times before I apologize!

 

[Shooter]

Why, so it is!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

An asterisk is soooooo much easier.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I use 0176 °
248 seems to work also °

 

[jgln]

I’m not trying it, somebody else try it. Maybe I'll get my coworker to try it. I know, let's get Mikey, he'll try anything.


.....pretty neat if it works. :rockin:

 

[Walker]

Meh.... I'm fine with just using the asterisk.

 

[abraxas]

I always used: Alt 0186º

 

[Retarded_Penguin_Brewing]

wow.......................computer nerds....but it is kinda fun to make now that I know °

 

[Walker]

I’m not trying it, somebody else try it. Maybe I'll get my coworker to try it. I know, let's get Mikey, he'll try anything.


.....pretty neat if it works. :rockin:

Oh, it works. You can access all sorts of symbols that way.

⌐ ▓ æ ╝╜╛┐

 

[Chap]

My attempt at being a contrbuting member of this site

 

[ChshreCat]

I have a different shortcut. I don't down the alt key, then I press the letters d,e,g,r,e,e, and s.

 

[jgln]

ALT 2 brings me to the top of the page before I can hit 4-8. I have a laptop with no number pad, just across the top.

 

[Daybis]

The short cut on OSX is shift+option+8

 

[Chap]

ALT 2 brings me to the top of the page before I can hit 4-8. I have a laptop with no number pad, just across the top.

I don't believe it will work with a laptop, unless you have the number pad on the side. To use the numbers across the top you have to hold a different combo of keys but I can't remember what those are right now.

 

[jmo88]

Hold down 0 on the iPhone. Finding all kinds of crazy symbols now that I look for it

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

http://chexed.com/ComputerTips/asciicodes.php

I use alt_167 º
248 is more of a circle... first is 248, second is 167 °º

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

I'm an alt_167 man myself. º Though on some sites when I do that it shows up with a line under the º. Like it's been underlined.

 

[bob1852]

[shift] 8 works just fine for me. *

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

[shift] 8 works just fine for me. *

why bother with the shift? just hit the * key on the 10key

 

[Beerrific]

The short cut on OSX is shift+option+8

°
Thanks for that!!

 

[bob1852]

why bother with the shift? just hit the * key on the 10key

I sadly did not even know that was there until just now

 

[passedpawn]

Back in the DOS days this was a fun way to hide data on public drives. I used to make a folder with the last character ALT-255. It is a blank character, like a space. Not only did very few people understand the acscii codes and how to access them, you couldn't even see that one. So the folder was in plain site and no one could open it.

Then XTREE Gold came along and ruined all my fun.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

why bother with the shift? just hit the * key on the 10key

I sadly did not even know that was there until just now

Because "mash at 149 (multiplied by) F" just mucks it all up for him.

 

[nealf]

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nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

 

[android]

Oh, it works. You can access all sorts of symbols that way.

⌐ ▓ æ ╝╜╛┐

no kidding, i didn't realize my computer also typed in alien.

 

[mrk305]

Alt 148 + Alt168 + Alt148 makes a face = ö¿ö

 

[passedpawn]

alt 148 + alt168 + alt148 makes a face = ö¿ö

☺

Alt-1 does it a little more efficiently. No nose, tho. But then yours doesn't have a mouth

 

[mrk305]

☺

 

[mrk305]

too little.... had to try tho

 

[passedpawn]

too little.... had to try tho

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