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MS Office Forum / Word / Document Management / May 2008How do I make a shortcut key for the degree sign
I am typing recipes for a cookbook and would like to use the degree symbol. How do I accomplish this using shortcut keys? I am using Word 2003. Go to the Insert Symbol pane, select the character (don't double-click it yet), and at the bottom it'll give you the opportunity to assign your own key combination for it. Be sure "normal.dot" appears in the window at the bottom for including it in a template, and you should be able to use that key combination in any documents from now on. On May 14, 11:00 pm, little flo <little f...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am typing recipes for a cookbook and would like to use the degree symbol. > How do I accomplish this using shortcut keys? I am using Word 2003. Grammatim has told you how to assign a custom shortcut key, which you may want to do, as the built-in one is a bit of a contortion exercise: Ctrl+Shift+@, Spacebar.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA >I am typing recipes for a cookbook and would like to use the degree symbol. > How do I accomplish this using shortcut keys? I am using Word 2003. Evidently degree sign doesn't count as an "international character," since it's not in the list of keyboard shortcuts you get when you ask Help for the list of keyboard shortcuts! (It's the same as putting the ring accent on top of a or A for Scandinavian languages -- so maybe it's the ring accent rather than the degree sign? The degree sign is bigger and lower.) > Grammatim has told you how to assign a custom shortcut key, which you may > want to do, as the built-in one is a bit of a contortion exercise: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >I am typing recipes for a cookbook and would like to use the degree symbol. > > How do I accomplish this using shortcut keys? I am using Word 2003. It's listed in http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm. If you select the degree symbol in the Symbol dialog, the keyboard shortcut (for "(normal text)") is given at the bottom of the dialog. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Evidently degree sign doesn't count as an "international character," > since it's not in the list of keyboard shortcuts you get when you ask [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >symbol. >> > How do I accomplish this using shortcut keys? I am using Word 2003. A quicker way is to use AutoCorrect instead of assigning the required awkward keyboard shortcuts. Insert the degree sign in your document, then press Alt + J to open the AutoCorrect dialog box. The degree sign will already be in the With box. Click the Formatted Text option directly above the With box. In the Replace box, enter ;d for your abbreviation. You would type 350;d and press the spacebar. The semicolon (and other punctuation marks) tells Word that you do not want a space between what you typed and the next letter or symbol. Cheryl On May 14, 8:00 pm, little flo <little f...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am typing recipes for a cookbook and would like to use the degree symbol. > How do I accomplish this using shortcut keys? I am using Word 2003. |
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