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Ones I commonly use...

alt + 0176 = ?

alt + 0178 = ?

alt + 0216 = ?

alt = 0189 = ?

Numbers must be typed in on the num pad also

To figure all these out go into the character map, find the symbol that you?re after and in the bottom right hand corner it gives you the key stroke required, or use the select and then copy.

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No, I'm sure the Mac's degree symbol is option-shift-8.

So wrong you are.

No, actually he is right. To type a ? symbol on the Mac, it's Shift+Option+8. Always has been.

Perhaps the Finnish version of Mac OS X uses reverse backwards logic. :-)

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I am Canadian actually, so I am without any significant faults.

And, [shift+Option+8] makes a degree symbol on my computer, along with about 14 trillion other people.

Back under your rock now Petri.

V-G.

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Option-zero works fine on my Mac... also always has. And with one less cumbersome key to press at that.

Boy am I glad we got his straightened out.

Bob

Check this out Bob:

http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=72475&Searchpage=1&Main=16335&Words=%22option+shift+8%22&Search=true#Post72475

Could this be what you are experiencing? Scroll down to the last three posts or so.

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Sorry, but no they don't.

Shift-Option 8 gives a unicode character called the degreee sign.

Option 0 gives a unicode character Masculine Ordinal Indicator.

They are very similar (depending on the font you use), but they are not the same character and if you try and do a find or find/replace it will only find instances of one, not both.

In your case, it may be good enough.

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This has roused my curiosity, Petri. When you type Shift-Option-8 what does your computer produce, if anything?

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That explains a recent text message conversation I had with Petri:

VectorGeek: What's the temperature in Helsinki?

Petri: About -10{

VectorGeek: You mean -10?

Petri: Yes

VectorGeek: Brrrrrr

:D

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This has roused my curiosity, Petri. When you type Shift-Option-8 what does your computer produce, if anything?

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That explains a recent text message conversation I had with Petri:

VectorGeek: What's the temperature in Helsinki?

Petri: About -10{

VectorGeek: You mean -10?

Petri: Yes

VectorGeek: Brrrrrr

That would be outdoors. The temperature inside a petrisphere, though, would be much warmer.

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