Laptop Keyboard

**leeds vectra** · 26th February 2009, 00:09

Does anyone know how to get the degrees C symbol on an IBM laptop keyboard. I know it's Alt + 0186 on a pc keyboard (using numberpad to the right) but the laptop is not having it!

Got a document to finish and this is holding it up!

Cheers,

Paul.

**rob 2.2dti** · 26th February 2009, 00:11

◙ write Deg.C - much quicker. Sorry. Amazing what you find out on here.

**bertbuckie1** · 26th February 2009, 00:13

just use that keymap or something its called... or copy / paste this ℃

**John3v36** · 26th February 2009, 00:13

is it not in the insert symbol in micro. word?? failing that superscript the 'o' and then caps C!!

**solorider** · 26th February 2009, 00:43

have a look at this page,it will tell you how to do a º and also how to switch on the number pad on a laptop ,if yours dont switch on using fn+f8 mine was fn+num lock http://www.northlite.net/ps/numpad.htm

**Duncan** · 26th February 2009, 00:46

Originally Posted by bertbuckie1

just use that keymap or something its called... or copy / paste this ℃

- called Character Map under the Programs>Accessories>System Tools. That's on XP BTW. If you're using Vista then I'm not sure if that has the same?

**pricey** · 26th February 2009, 00:48

Just chaecked and 'tis indeed in the same place on Vista.

I didn't even know it existed.

**Caterman** · 26th February 2009, 00:53

vista is the same. Also Alt +0186 works for me too

**Duncan** · 26th February 2009, 01:03

Interestingly Alt 0186 works if I use the numeric keypad, but if I use the numbers above the QWERTY bit then it doesn't! So what solorider said above may me what the reason is - i.e. you need to press a couple of keys to activate the 'numeric keypad' on the laptop. Assuming that is that you've got a numeric keypad on the laptop where the numbers are next to various letters? That's probably more faff and the Character Map way I'd reckon is much quicker.