Degree and Diameter Symbols from a Laptop

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Degree and Diameter Symbols from laptop
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Question: I would like to enter symbols for diameter and degree from a laptop (without a side number keypad) but am not having any luck. I am trying to input per Windows Alt Codes found online such as Alt+0176 for ° (Degree) and Alt+0216 for Ø (Diameter), but these only work from a desktop. Can I input a different way?

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Answer: Characters like the diameter symbol come from the character map utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems to view characters in any installed font. If you cannot use a number pad, you can still copy characters from the map and paste them. You will obtain most symbols in this Online Character Map link, which can be looked up by name, as shown below.

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