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ah3844 Author

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The Degree Sign

Why does Option-Shift-8 not work on my MacBook Pro? I get a special bracket which I can not use

I am searching for the Degree Sign to be able to find places on Google Map.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 22, 2022 5:59 AM

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MartinR

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Dec 22, 2022 6:07 AM in response to ah3844

Are you using a non-US keyboard setting? (System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Input Sources)

An alternative to Shift-Opt-8 is to use Character Viewer > Punctuation.

If you do not see Character Viewer in the top right of your display, you may need to turn it on as follows:

System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar

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Tom Gewecke

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Dec 22, 2022 8:10 AM in response to ah3844

ah3844 wrote:

I get a special bracket

Are you using the Swedish keyboard layout? Try option shift q.

To see what all the keys make, use Keyboard Viewer

Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support

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ah3844 Author

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Dec 22, 2022 8:57 AM in response to MartinR

Thank you very much. It was just as straight forward as expected, except there was a difference. Using the keyboard viewer it is Shift-Opt-W to get the small o for degrees.

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Tom Gewecke

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Dec 22, 2022 9:40 AM in response to ah3844

ah3844 wrote:

it is Shift-Opt-W to get the small o for degrees.

What is your keyboard layout, Danish? On that one shift opt w ˚ is something similar but different (riing above). Degree ° is on opt q instead.

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