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My Euro shortcut doesn't work in the other software cause the other software is already using that combo for another function.

So for MS Word you are all set for your degree symbol. For more information on how to use symbols, emojis please check our How to use Alt-Codes page. Above mentioned procedure is not aplicable for MacOS. But I did find my Euro by clicking on the touch screen icon in lower right corner, click on &123, then forward arrow and there's the Euro symbol. Make sure you switch on the NumLock, press and hold down the Alt key, type the Alt Code value of the degree symbol 0 1 7 6 on the numeric pad, release the Alt key and you got a ° degree symbol. My only issue now is, because there's no number keypad and I can't get the Alt combo to work even with the On Screen Keyboard or num pad on one of the touch keyboards, I can't use the Alt combo in this other software I'm using. If not already assigned, you can assign it although you want to make sure the combo of keys you choose are not already doing something else you want. Then click on the bottom where it says Shortcut Key and it may already be assigned to one (the one I wanted was the Euro symbol and I found out that it's already assigned to Alt-Cntl-E). It's assigned to then space but that sign is really Shift 2 cause it's above the #2 on the top row.įor any symbol, you can go to the Character Map (swipe in from right, hit Search and start to type Character Map) and then look up the symbol you want. If trying to do it in MS Word (and maybe Excel and PowerPoint, although I didn't try) you can use the Type Cover and hit Cntl-Shift 2, let go and hit the space bar.