Degree symbols in Word are used for many different contents, for subjects or in documents. The degree symbol C in Word is basically quite similar to the option to write exponents in Word , but we have more ways to insert degree symbols in Word. Below are instructions for inserting degree symbols in Word on different versions.
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How to insert a degree symbol in Word 2019 and later
Method 1: Copy the degree C character to Word
You just need to search for the degree C symbol on Google and then paste it into Word.

Then you resize the degree C symbol and enter the next content to complete.
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Method 2: Write the degree character in Word using superscript
First, you write the number, then press Ctrl + Shift + “+” to switch to superscript and press the letter o on the keyboard. Press Ctrl + Shift + “+” again to return to normal input. Then press the letter C on the keyboard to complete inserting the degree symbol in Word.
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Or at the position where you need to insert the degree symbol in Word, click on the superscript symbol as shown below. Then you also write the letter o to create the degree character, click the superscript symbol again in Word to return to normal input mode.
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Method 3: Insert Word symbol to write degree symbol
Step 1:
We click on Insert , then look down at Symbols, select Symbol , then select More Symbols…
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Step 2:
Display the interface of insert symbols in Word, you find the degree symbol as shown below and then click Insert to insert it into Word.
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Method 4: Insert the degree C symbol in Word using the keyboard
At the position where you want to write degrees Celsius, press the key combination Alt + 0186 (Hold down the Alt key and press the keys 0, 1, 8, 6 in order) then release your hand and the degree symbol will immediately appear.
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How to insert a degree symbol in Word 2007
Method 1: Copy the degree C character to Word
To be able to write degrees Celsius in text content, we copy the character º and paste it into the content of the text we want to insert .
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Method 2: Using Symbol for Word
We can also use another way with the icon insertion feature available right on Word or Excel.
Step 1:
First, we click on Insert then select Symbol and More Symbol below.
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Step 2:
The Symbol window interface appears. We will check the Symbol tab . In the Font section, select Normal text , in the Subset section, select Latin-1 Supplement , and under the Character code section , select 00B0 . Immediately after that, the degree C symbol will appear in the list and be marked in blue for users to recognize. Click Insert > Close to insert this symbol into the content.
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Then the degree C symbol will also be inserted into the content as shown below.
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Method 3: Insert degrees Celsius used in Word
With the content in Word, we will use the key combination Ctrl + Shift + + to write the exponent and type the letter o to get the degree C symbol. Press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + + again to return to the old text input mode.
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Method 4: Key combination Alt + 0186 with the numeric keypad on the right
We will press and hold the Alt key and then press the number keys on the right keyboard 0, 1, 8, 6 in turn to display the degree C symbol. Note that you must press the numbers on the numpad, the numeric keypad on the right. With keyboards without a numpad, this method cannot be performed.
Above are some ways to type the degree C symbol on Word, Powerpoint and Excel. Depending on the convenience of the user, as well as the purpose of inserting the degree C symbol for which office tool, we choose the appropriate way to type the degree C symbol.