the keyboard is . Lookalikes Other characters with similar appearance but different meanings include: (indicator used in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese that follows a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number, rather than a cardinal number; varies with the font and sometimes underlined) (superscript letter o) (standalone) (applied to a letter) (applied to a letter) (applied to a letter) (standalone) (applied to a letter) (precomposed characters containing this mark also exists) (stand alone, typically representing either or ) (precomposed characters containing this mark also exists) (used in superscripted form, ⦵, to mean standard state (chemistry)) Keyboard entry Some computer keyboard layouts, such as the QWERTY layout as used in Italy, the QWERTZ layout as used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and the AZERTY layout as used in France and Belgium, have the degree symbol available directly on a key. But the common keyboard layouts in English-speaking countries do not include the degree sign, which then has to be input some other way. The method of inputting depends on the operating system being used. On the Colemak keyboard layout (Windows/Mac), one can press + followed by to insert a degree sign. On Linux, one can press + twice to insert a degree sign. Desktop Operating Systems With Microsoft Windows, there are several ways to make the degree symbol: One can type or Note: "0176" is different from "176"; produces the light shade (░) character.Note: The NumLock must be set first; on full size keyboards, the numeric keypad must be used; on laptops without a numerical keypad, the virtual numeric keypad must be used (often requiring that the key be held down as the numeric sequence is typed). The Character Map tool also may be used to obtain a graphical menu of symbols. The US-International English keyboard layout creates the degree symbol with In the classic Mac OS and macOS operating systems, the degree symbol can be entered by typing . One can also use the Mac OS character palette, which is available in many programs by selecting Special Characters from the Edit Menu, or from the 'Input Menu' (flag) icon on the menu bar (enabled in the International section of the System Preferences). In Linux operating systems such as Ubuntu, this symbol may be entered via the Compose key followed by , . Some keyboard layouts display this symbol upon pressing (once or twice, depending on specific keyboard layout), and,