�How can I enter a degree symbol?

[BrianG]

Hello, I'm new to this forum, trying to get the hang. How can I insert a degree symbol, (Alt+U0157)? Thanks for your attention to this question. Brian

[freeztar]

Hello, I'm new to this forum, trying to get the hang. How can I insert a degree symbol, (Alt+U0157)? Thanks for your attention to this question. Brian

 

Check out the wiki on this:

Degree symbol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Or, you can just copy and paste this: °

 

If you have Word, enable extra characters and search for the set that contains the degree symbol. (there are several :naughty:)

[BrianG]

No shortcut? Well, thanks for the help, that's how I get the trademark symbol.

 

I'm looking forward to some spirited argument over global warming here. :naughty:

[freeztar]

Welcome to Hypography! :naughty:

[Boerseun]

Try Alt+248. Like so: °

[BrianG]

° Thank you, Boerseun!

[sanctus]

You can also write it like [math]0^\circ[/math] or whichever number you want :-)

 

Which is what we use to use latex here. I.e [ math ] 0^\circ [ /math ] leaving out the spaces before and after math...

 

Why do easuy when you can do complicated?

[BrianG]

Thank you, sanctus, I'd like to learn more about latex. Do you mind if I ask you how you can type a striked out number?

 

[math] 0.5^\circ [/math]

 

Did it work? I'll post to see.

[BrianG]

[math] \sout{0} [/math]

[alexander]

Or you could use latex (the [math] tags) for it :)

[math]22\celsius[/math]

or

[math]22\degree F[/math]

[alexander]

and some cool symbols out of that library :)

[math]\perthousand\text{ and }\mu[/math]

[sanctus]

BrianG, to see how latex generally works on this forum there are 2 sticky threads in the physics and mathematics forum one is here for example.

 

For the strikethrough:

Either write a pm to Alexander to ask if he included the ulem package in the header (which does not seem the case) or write a question in the thread on how to do it...I never used it so far so, sorry.

 

For latex in general I use a lot the not so short introduction to latex, you can find here for example.

[alexander]

included ulem, gensymb and textcomp, enjoy :)

 

also sanctus, you can use [noparse][/noparse] tags in [math]0^\circ[/math] example, so you can copy and paste and it just works :)

[sanctus]

Alexander, I had to click edit to see what you mean, but now I got it. Thanks for that and the packages.

[BrianG]

Or you could use latex (the [math] tags) for it :)

[math]22\celsius[/math]

or

[math]22\degree F[/math]

 

Thank you Alexander, by using the quote button, I see what you did:

 

[math]22\celsius[/math]

or

[math]22\degree F[/math]

 

May I please send you a PM to find out how to do a strike-through?

[alexander]

brian, you can click on the math, or just hover the mouse over it and see what the code that went into it was (its quite nifty :P )

 

my bad on not posting the code, ooopsie :)

 

sout seems to have formatting issues in the math mode, you can see that it works with text mode by

[math]\text{\sout{this is crossed out!!!}} \sout{and this is not}[/math]

[math]\text{\sout{this is crossed out!!!}} \sout{and this is not}[/math]

 

math though has a \cancel command that is meant to do just that, so you can do [math]\cancel{lalalala}[/math]

[sanctus]

Cool, I [math]\cancel{\text{did not}}[/math] do now know the cancel comand...thanks