It'd be nice to have the information on how to make the degrees symbol for both temperature and for geographical coordinates on the Wiki Help page. For my PC I pushed down the Alt+248.

Alt+248

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That works well. Just be sure to hold the Alt key until you're finished entering the numbers. When typing numbers, you must use the number key pad; not the regular keyboard numbers.

I use Alt+167.

Apple computer users hold Option + hit 0 (zero).

I use Alt+167.

That's only for math.

For my PC I pushed down the Alt+248.

I can never remember all those numbers. I just type what symbol I want: ° => °

Works on PCs, Macs, smartphones, etc. too. =)

-- Ryan

PS. Anyone can edit the help pages. I'll let you handle it!

I use Alt+167.

FWIW, here is a list of Alt symbol codes. Alt + 167 is noted as a possibly improperly displayed symbol in the footnotes.

Interesting.

I'm not reading you.

I just type what symbol I want: ° => °

I don't have the symbol on my keyboard to type? I know you know this but I can't figure out what you must mean.
Wait, when I sent my reply your message just changed the &deg to the degree symbol--so it's the & symbol that does it. When I tried &degree, however, it wouldn't work. I'm off to try &tilde and &umlaut.

Anyone can edit the help pages

I went to the wiki help page and can find nowhere that allows me to edit it?

&tilde
&umlaut

Well, that sure isn't what I had hoped.

so it's the & symbol that does it.

That and the semicolon at the end. ° = ° Not "degree", just "deg". There's all sorts of useful symbols. You have to remember how they're abbreviated, but it's still a lot easier than remembering numbers! But they all start with a & and end with a ;.

Here are some others you can look through: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_symbols.asp.

-- Ryan