In word, how do you make the degree symbol

Post by **Sam** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:12 am

I am needing to include in a Word document the degree symbol, for use in describing a coordinate, as in degrees, minutes and seconds. Since minutes and seconds use the symbols ' and ", I have that

Help?

Sam

Big Ren · Post by **Big Ren** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:22 am

Sam,

See this site. To get a degree symbol, press the 'Alt' button and 0176 on the numeric key pad on the side of the keyboard.

Ren

Post by **Sam** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:25 am

Thank you sir. I am bookmarking that site.

Leisureguy · Post by **Leisureguy** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:26 am

Here's what I do: Alt-I, S brings up the "insert symbol" table. Find the degree mark and insert it, then close the symbol table.

Highlight just the degree mark and copy it (Ctrl-C). Then Alt-T, A brings up Autocorrect. The degree symbol should be on the right side of the "add" dialog. On the left, type "deg" (without the quotation marks). Click "okay" to add it.

From now on, when you need the degree symbol, just type deg and the symbol will be inserted.

In a similar fashion, I added things to Autocorrect so that $c inserts the cents mark, $l the pound-sterling sign, $e the Euro sign, and $y the Yen sign.

Hope this helps.

Hawkeye5 · Post by **Hawkeye5** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:04 pm

I have found that you can put a symbol you use a lot into your spell checkers. I do a lot of legal reference work and have added the legal 'section' mark to my Word and email spell checkers at work. With the auto-change feature all you have to do is substitute the state code, for instance Tennessee Code Annotated, or TCA to include the section symbol. The spell checker will make the change automatically.

Post by **Sam** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:11 pm

John, please tell me how to do that. Sounds like a perfect idea.

Leisureguy · Post by **Leisureguy** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:46 pm

The Autocorrect method I described above will do that. Let me know if you have questions about it.

Hawkeye5 · Post by **Hawkeye5** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:51 pm

Sam, Mr. Ham has it correct.
As I use the 'section' symbol every time I cite a statute, I have the spell checker auto correct set to replace the Tennessee Code Annotated abbreviation (TCA) with TCA + the section symbol. The symbol will pop right in automatically as soon as you hit the space bar, but what you are actually doing is replacing TCA with TCA + the section symbol: TCA § 56-8-116.
I believe the auto correct feature is found in the Tools drop down of the spell checker in Word and in the email program I use at work.
In order for this method to be of benefit to you the phrase used must be the same every time, which mine is. I cite statute dozens of times during a normal day. Your use, for a degree symbol, may not work that well with this method unless you use some short hand as Michael does.
Michael's first suggestion might work better in your case.

NickNCut · Post by **NickNCut** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:59 pm

If in the future you are looking for a character anything from ® (circle R), ∞ (infinity), Ω (omega), π (pi) ect. including hebrew, chinese, thai.
Go "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "System tools" - "Character map"

This will work for Windows XP others are operating systems are close, Mac's are quite different.

Minstrel · Post by **Minstrel** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:06 am

NickNCut wrote:Go "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "System tools" - "Character map"

Not all installations of Windows come with this already installed. I had to install it myself from the Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs) on my laptop running WinXP Home. Handy to have, though.

DEF · Post by **DEF** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:23 am

Thanks for that brilliant tip, Michael.

Leisureguy · Post by **Leisureguy** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:54 am

And here's another trick for Autocorrect: I have a compulsion to use diacritical remarks if they're in the original word. For example, I hate to see "jalapenos" or "habaneros" in text, so naturally I made Autocorrect entries to convert those automatically to "jalapeños" and "habañeros". I have one for "Karité" as well. But how about "Pré de Provence"? You don't want every instance of "pre" coverted to "Pré". So for that one, I used the entire name: "Pre de Provence" gets converted to "Pré de Provence". "Pre" by itself does nothing.

Final note: when you apply for a job, you send them a "résumé". Now you can't very well autocorrect "resume" to "résumé"---sometimes you MEAN "resume". So I made an autocorrect entry that converts "resumay" to "résumé".

Minstrel · Post by **Minstrel** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:28 am

Leisureguy wrote:I hate to see "jalapenos" or "habaneros" in text

Actually, the peppers are called habaneros, not "habañeros". The letter "ñ" is called "enje" in Spanish (as opposed to "n" which is called "ene"), and is pronounced "nj". Since "habanero" is the name of someone or something from Havana, it's very unlikely that it should contain "ñ".

And at the risk of being an anal b*st*rd, I must also point out that it's called a "resumé".

Leisureguy · Post by **Leisureguy** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:50 am

Thanks for the tip re: habaneros. I did know the name of the letter ñ, but hadn't known the origin of the name of the peppers. I stand corrected, and many thanks.

So far as the word for the CV, Merriam-Webster says that it's spelled résumé, with resumé as a variant. So I'll stick with the standard spelling, with both e's having accents (as in protégé).

Minstrel · Post by **Minstrel** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:25 pm

Leisureguy wrote:So far as the word for the CV, Merriam-Webster says that it's spelled résumé, with resumé as a variant. So I'll stick with the standard spelling, with both e's having accents (as in protégé).

By golly, you're absolutely right. I just haven't seen it spelled with two accents before. On the other hand, English is a foreign language to me.

(And so is Spanish, of course.)

Proraso Man · Post by **Proraso Man** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:45 pm

Thanks°