Text Formatting ⇒ write number in circle

[zainah]

Dear all,

I want to know, how to write a number in a circle, for example \circle{1}? I found that it can work if use \usepackage{tikz} . but I don't know where to find the tikz.sty file or any other files that need to use that package.
Thank you.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Zaihnah,

welcome to the board!

You could simply use \textcircled, such as

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\textcircled{1}

or, for better looking results, the pifont package, such as

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\begin{document}
\ding{172}
\ding{173}
\end{document}

Perhaps have also a look at these topics:

1. enumerate with circled numbers
2. How to draw a circle around text
3. 1 inside a circle

Regarding TikZ: which TeX distribution do you use, MiKTeX or TeX Live? Both have package managers, which can install TikZ for you. Just look for the package pgf and install that, TikZ is actually a front-end for pgf.

Stefan