Key combination plus/minus - how to succeed the special character

It happens again and again that the plus-minus sign must be used in the browser, in Word or even Excel. For this special character you have to use a certain key combination.

This is the key combination for plus/minus

Not only for mathematical formulas you need the plusminus sign from time to time. The symbol can also be used in many other documents. So that you can insert the key combination without large trouble and complex search fast and simply into your desired document, various possibilities are available to you.

• One possibility is thereby "Copy-and-Paste". To do this, simply enter "Plusminus sign" in your browser and copy the symbol out of there to then paste it into the desired location in your text.
• In addition, it offers to simply enter the plusminus sign on the keyboard using the numeric keypad. Activate this first of all. Then hold down the "Alt" key and enter the number sequence "0177" via the numeric keypad. After releasing the "Alt" key, the plus-minus sign should now be where you wanted it too.
• If your keyboard does not have an extra number pad, then minor detours for the plus-minus sign are necessary. In Microsoft Office, go to the tab "Insert" and open it. Anschließend klicken Sie rechts auf „Symbole“ und wählen dort das Plusminus-Zeichen aus, um es in Ihren Text einzufügen.