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How to get special characters (numbers in a circle) beyond 20?
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    C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 250
     
    Hello,

    you have the circled numbers from 21 to 50 in the MS Gothic font for example: Tab "Insert", "Symbol", "More Symbols". Select the MS Gothic font, check that "Unicode (hexadecimal)" is displayed at the bottom right, and choose the subset "Circled Letters and Months CJC" at the top right of the dialog box.

    You can also get them by typing their hexadecimal code (4-character code). For example, for 21, you type 3251 immediately followed by the key combination ALT C.
    For 50, you type 32BF followed by ALT C. You will find the list of these codes here:
    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_des_caract%C3%A8res_Unicode/U3200#Table_des_caract.C3.A8res
    If you print the page, the code consists of the 3 characters in line to which you add the character in column.
    If you only display it on the screen, point to the number you want. Its code will appear in a tooltip.

    Beyond 50, a few techniques:

    1. Use the "Frame Characters" command which gives you the option to place the selected characters in a square, a circle, or a diamond. You can add it to the Quick Access Toolbar for example. To do this, depending on your version of Word, go to Options, "Customize" or "Quick Access Toolbar", choose "All Commands" from the drop-down list, then "Frame Characters" before clicking "Add".
    When you apply this command, you are actually creating an Equation field code. You can see the code with ALT F9: { eq \o\ac(O;60) } for example for 60 circled.
    The difficulty is finding the right font and size, otherwise the result is really disappointing.

    2. Type your numbers, select them, assign them one of the Word Art styles, then request "Modify Shape" to choose the circle to which you apply a color (in the drawing tools). Change the font and size afterwards. Or, type your numbers in a previously drawn circle.

    3. And the simplest, find a font that offers these styles of numbers. The following one, for example, allows going up to 99 by combining 2 half-circles, and the result is excellent: https://www.fontspace.com/combinumerals-font-f3786
    Beyond 99, I believe it will no longer be a circle but an oval ;-)

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    C-Claire
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  2. gbinforme Posted messages 14930 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 744
     
    Hello,

    Welcome to the forum: I suggest this reading
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    1. x69 Posted messages 6 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Hello,
      Would you be so kind as to help me find how to obtain, in special characters, numbers inscribed in a circle beyond 20?

      I would greatly appreciate your response, and while waiting for it, please accept my warmest regards.

      Does this new formulation of my message suit you?
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    2. x69 Posted messages 6 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      I planned to keep it brief while remaining polite. Thank you for sending me the writing guidelines.
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    3. gbinforme Posted messages 14930 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 744
       
      Hello,

      It’s very good to keep it short, but since we have no information about your system that you erased like the "hello," how do you expect to get an appropriate response without knowing either your system or your version of Word, which could actually turn out to be Writer based on experience?
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    4. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
       
      +1 For the moment, it's more a matter of divination.
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    5. x69 Posted messages 6 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   > gbinforme Posted messages 14930 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
       
      Hello,
      Thank you. I am on Windows 8 with Word 2013.
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