How do I insert symbols (eg symbol for degrees) in my Pages documents?

tank1965 wrote:

How do I insert symbols (for example, the circular symbol for degrees)

With the US input source, you can get Degree via Option - Shift - 8, °. (The Option zero suggested by some others is for a different but similar-looking character used with numbers in some European languages).

It is best not to use a "symbol" font to create special characters, as this will put your text into a non-standard (non-Unicode) encoding form for them.

How to type accents, emoji, and symbols on your Mac - Apple Support

macOS Sierra: Use the Keyboard Viewer

I have this on my computer:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59875/how-to-open-or-toggle-keyboard-vi ewer-by-a-keyboard-shortcut

To create the degree symbol, hold down the option key and then select the zero key on your MacBook Pro keyboard.

Alternately you can choose the symbol font set to enter this or other symbols. Finally, try using Pages Help.

You can get the degree symbol by pressing Option 0, as in 28ºC. Emojis and other special characters can be found by enabling them in the Input Sources section of Keyboard preferences.