don Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I am using Vectorworks Landmark 2013. Is there a "degree' symbol that I can use when typing text? thanks Don Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 that will depend if you are on a PC or Mac. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Landmark 2013? Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 For most Mac fonts its a combo keystroke, press the option key and the zero key. I think for Windows use control and zero keys. -B Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) No, I'm sure the Mac's degree symbol is option-shift-8. As in: 90? Windows, I heard, requires typing 4 keys at once (yikes). p.s., I tried the option-0 (? instead of ? -- one's slightly bigger than the other), and that seems to work, too! Gee, learn something new each day. Edited January 12, 2011 by Bob-H Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
VectorGeek Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 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. :-) VectorGeek ----------------------------------------- Mac OS X "Tabby Cat" Landmark 2018, Alpha 1 Double-sided iPad ----------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I will confirm Shift+Option+8! Always been that. As for us Americans, your welcome for giving you the Mac in the first place. :-) Quote Link to comment
VectorGeek Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 You both must be Americans: citizens of the tiny Land of the Ingorami and the minuscule Home of the Arroganti. REPORT CARD - PETRI SAKINNEN, "INTERNET FORUM COMEBACK #248" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Slander = A+ Research = C- Spelling = C+ Overall score = B Petri exhibits strengths in many areas of his writing, but he needs to learn to work quietly by himself and not bother the other students. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Quote Link to comment
bc Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 This has roused my curiosity, Petri. When you type Shift-Option-8 what does your computer produce, if anything? Or have you simply reworked your keys somehow? Quote Link to comment
bc Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Interesting. Now you got me wanting to see your keyboard. I'll show you mine if you show me yours...oh, never mind. Quote Link to comment
RGyori Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment
bc Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited January 13, 2011 by bc Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 FWIW, both Option 0 [?] and Shift Option 8 [?] give me the same result... On a Mac with US English as chosen language... Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thanks for the clarification Pat. They do in fact *look* the same in most cases, but it's good to know the difference. A quick google search was helpful in defining the Ordinal Indicator, which was new to me. Thanks again, P Quote Link to comment
VectorGeek Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) This has roused my curiosity, Petri. When you type Shift-Option-8 what does your computer produce, if anything? { 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 VectorGeek MC+ 4 Apple LC II (pizza box) Edited January 14, 2011 by VectorGeek Quote Link to comment
Bob Holtzmann Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 This has roused my curiosity, Petri. When you type Shift-Option-8 what does your computer produce, if anything? { 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. Quote Link to comment
RGyori Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well I'll be. Living by the dictum "you learn something new every day" appears to be getting easier instead of the expected opposite. Thanks Pat and bc... while it may only be a matter of degrees it appears to be more than a matter of degree. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice one, thanks Pat. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Works for me. Type in here and see what you get: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/00b0/index.htm Quote Link to comment
bc Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 It seems to depend on two things: 1. Your keyboard 2. Whether or not it actually makes any difference to you. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Couldn't pass up the opportunity: This thread shows brilliant minds focused on detail to the n?? or to the U+006E U+00BA U+00B0 (is n masculine?) -B Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 This gets me wondering. bc's statement #2, if I am entering bering data, does it matter if I enter the ordinal symbol or degrees? I'll try and let you know! and Petri I think your secretly jealous of the land of, as you say MO. :-) PS I'm in MN -10? is a heat wave! Quote Link to comment
Jim Smith Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sheesh! I know I'm often easily confused & wondered about TBE's somewhat; may I say, ascorbic view of things 'Merican when his location is listed as Florida. DUH! It's FI (or fi) not FL! BTW TO is also -10? (Option + Zero) Quote Link to comment
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