How to type degree sign in Excel

[Shafiullah]

Dear Friends

I have a laptop which has no numeric keypad therefore, I can't type "Degree Sign" in Excel. I have typed the code for it but it isn't working. I request you to help me in this regard.

[Kevin UK]

Alt 0176 (untested on a laptop) or use the insert > symbol.

[Shafiullah]

This code needs numberic pad on the keyboard but my laptop has no numeric keyboard on the right side. The is also no symble sign in the symbles

[Sisyphus]

On my laptop I found a symbol(Alt186) like the degree sign but with an underscore. I don't know what it is good for. Therefore I might feel inclined to use it as a degree sign.
Fact is, however, that laptops do have a number pad which can be used to enter Alt-characters. The following link has very clear instructions for finding it.

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http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-use-the-numeric-keypad-on-your-laptop.navId-323008.html

Unfortunately, I am still trying to make this work on my Samsung laptop. Should you be successful with this method before I am please post your experience here.
Elsewhere, I also saw an instruction to press Fn+Alt+[code]. That didn't work for me either.

[Kevin UK]

This code needs numberic pad on the keyboard but my laptop has no numeric keyboard on the right side. The is also no symble sign in the symbles