Printing a Degree character from Appleworks
Copyright (c) 1994 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
Source: Apple Matters, Irish AUG publication, Feb 1992, vol.5, no.2.
Although both the Apple Keyboard and the ImageWriter lack any specific means for producing a degree symbol, it is still possible to produce it using a superscripted zero or letter 'o'. It is simply a matter of inserting the superscript begin and superscript end commands immediately before and after the zero or letter 'o'.
An article by Art Chandler in NAUG suggests that ImageWriter I users get best results by using the letter 'o' and ImageWriter II and Epson FX users will get best results using a superscript zero.
Ultramacros users may automate the procedure by using the macro:
o:<awp oa-o>+b<rtn esc>o<oa-o>+e<rtn esc>!
This will automate the procedure of going to the options menu, selecting the superscript begin command, exiting, inserting the letter 'o', returning to the options menu, selecting the superscript end command and again returning to the document (an eight part procedure). If you were ever in any doubt as to the usefulness of UltraMacros this alone should convince you. It reduces the whole sequence to one keystroke and performs it many times faster than any user could manually do so.
The macro may of course be defined with any key other than 'o' or could be entered directly from the keyboard using the oa-x routine. The 'o' in the middle of the macro can be replaced with a zero for ImageWriter II and FX users. Obviously an asterix '*' or the numerals 1 or 2 could be used instead for footnote purposes in any document where footnotes were required.

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