How do I type circled numbers in Pages?

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Walter Wedler Author

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How do I type circled numbers in Pages?

Way back they had them in the character viewer?

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), 22 GB RAM

Posted on Aug 20, 2017 6:12 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

Level 10

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Aug 20, 2017 11:48 AM in response to Walter Wedler

Walter,

You can roll your own. Type any single digit. Next, in the Emoji's & Symbols (character) palette, search for the word circle. From the results of that search, there will be a larger open circle as the fourth item down in the left column. This is known as a Combining Enclosing Circle.

When you double-click the shaded circle above, immediately following a number entry, it will enclose the number (or any character) in a circle. Also, its neighbor is the combining enclosing circle backslash.

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Answer 2

Yellowbox

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Aug 20, 2017 7:10 AM in response to Walter Wedler

Hi Walter,

They are hiding under Menu > Edit > Emoji & Symbols

I don't know what category includes circled numbers, so I typed digit in the search box and scrolled

Drag a symbol to your document and set the font size.

Regards,

Ian.

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Answer 3

Yellowbox

Level 7

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Aug 20, 2017 7:14 PM in response to Walter Wedler

Hi Walter,

But wait! There is more!

Another way to roll your own.

Insert a circle Shape

While the Shape is selected, type a number. Drag the circle to enlarge, or reduce the font size to see all the digits.

Format Panel > Style > Fill > No Fill and Border > Line 1pt.

Change the font colour from white to black

Regards,

Ian.

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Answer 4

Yellowbox

Level 7

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Aug 20, 2017 10:28 PM in response to Walter Wedler

Hi Walter,

Yes, there are lots of steps to create the first circled number. However, you can select it then

Menu > Edit > Duplicate Selection (command d), and type a new number.

Or Save as Template for future use 😉.

Happy Paging!

Ian.

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Answer 5

macjack

Level 10

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Aug 20, 2017 11:14 AM in response to Walter Wedler

See this thread and the answer by VikingOSX

type a number inside a circle with keyboard

"Often, you will see Unicode characters represented as U+2460 ① . You can actually type this unicode string in the Character Viewer search window, and the corresponding character code will appear. In HTML, it would be represented as "①" without the quotes. You can see these values in the previously linked Enclosed Alphanumerics chart."

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