How to Type Symbols Using the ALT Key

• Some characters will show an ALT+Keystroke combination. This will be displayed in the lower right corner of the character map utility. In order to use this shortcut, hold down the key while you type in the entire code. When you release the ALT key the glyph will appear.
• On some computers this will only work if your is on.
• The ASCII range of 97-122 has the lower-case letters of the alphabet and 65-90 range has the capitalized letters of the alphabet The numbers beyond 170 can also have meaning, such as special characters and the Greek alphabet.
• Some combinations may require a 0 before the 3 digit combination.
• To type with special symbols you may also use transliteration tools.
• Another method is to hold and simply type on the number pad then release alt. That is: ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲ $%&'()*+,- (All you have to do is press the Alt key and hold it down, and type in a number on the number pad: it's that easy! Don't make it hard people)

ALT 128 Ç (Cedille-French)
ALT 129 ü
ALT 130 é
ALT 131 â
ALT 132 ä
ALT 133 à
ALT 134 å
ALT 135 ç
ALT 136 ê
ALT 137 ë
ALT 138 è
ALT 139 ï
ALT 140 î
ALT 141 ì
ALT 142 Ä
ALT 143 Å
ALT 144 É
ALT 145 æ
ALT 146 Æ
ALT 147 ô
ALT 148 ö
ALT 149 ò
ALT 150 û
ALT 151 ù
ALT 152 ÿ
ALT 153 Ö
ALT 154 Ü
ALT 155 ¢
ALT 156 £
ALT 157 ¥
ALT 158 ₧
ALT 159 ƒ
ALT 160 á (SPANISH)
ALT 161 í (SPANISH)
ALT 162 ó (SPANISH)
ALT 163 ú (SPANISH)
ALT 164 ñ (SPANISH)
ALT 165 Ñ (SPANISH)
ALT 166 ª
ALT 167 º
ALT 168 ¿ (SPANISH)
ALT 169 ⌐
ALT 170 ¬
ALT 171 ½
ALT 172 ¼
ALT 173 ¡ (SPANISH)
ALT 174 «
ALT 175 »

Samples

• Number Pad Code 1 -- 30: Alt + 1 through Alt + 30,
  +1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  ☺.☻♥.♦.♣.♠.•. ◘.○. ◙ .♂ . ♀ . ♪ . ♫. ☼. ► ◄ . ↕ . ‼ . ¶ . §. ▬ .↨ . ↑ . ↓ .→. ←. ∟. ↔. ▲
  
• "1" for example: ☺ Smile symbol, (NOT 01) code 1
  
• "2" for example: ☻ Blush symbol, (NOT 02) code 2
  
• "3" for example: ♥ Heart symbol, (NOT 03) code 3
  

Here are some good symbols to get you started and keep you interested.

• ¡ (Span exclamation prefix, code 0161)
• ¢ (Cent, American currency; code 0162)
• £ (Pound, British currency, code 0163)
• ¥ (Yen, Japanese currency, code 0165)
• © (Copyrighted, code 0169)
• « (Double-headed left arrows, code 0171)
• ® (Registered trademark, All rights reserved, code 0174)
• ° (Degrees, code 0176)
• ± (Plus or minus, e.g. to say "DVD±RW drive", code 0177)
• » (Double-headed right arrows, code 0187)
• ¿ (Spanish question prefix, code 0191)
• × (Proper multiplication sign, code 0215)
• ÷ (Proper division sign, code 0247)

How to use this chart

You can use the html name or number codes in an HTML document (i.e. a webpage or an e-mail that uses HTML format.)

For Macintosh: press the keys as shown. for example “shift+option+w” means press down the shift key, the option key, and the w key all at the same time. “option+e E” means press down the option key and the e key at the same time, then press the E key (capital E).

Western european special characters and how to enter them from your keyboard

HTML Name Code	HTML Number Code	Glyph	MacOS	Windows	Description
‘	‘	‘	option+]	Alt+0145	left single quote
’	’	’	shift+option+]	Alt+0146	right single quote
‚	‚	‚			single low-9 quote
“	“	“	option+[	Alt+0147	left double quote
”	”	”	shift+option+[	Alt+0148	right double quote
„	„	„	shift+option+w		double low-9 quote
†	†	†	option+t	Alt+0134	dagger
‡	‡	‡	shift+option+7	Alt+0135	double dagger
	…	…	option+;		horizontal ellipsis
‰	‰	‰	shift+option+r	Alt+0137	per mill sign
‹	‹	‹	shift+option+3	Alt+0139	single left-pointing angle quote
›	›	›	shift+option+4	Alt+0155	single right-pointing angle quote
♠	♠	♠			black spade suit
♣	♣	♣			black club suit
♥	♥	♥			black heart suit
♦	♦	♦			black diamond suit
‾	‾	‾			overline, = spacing overscore
←	←	←			leftward arrow
↑	↑	↑			upward arrow
→	→	→			rightward arrow
↓	↓	↓			downward arrow
™	™	™	option+2	Alt+0153	trademark sign
"	"	"			double quotation mark
&	&	&			ampersand
<	<	<			less-than sign
>	>	>			greater-than sign
	[	[			left square bracket
	]	]			right square bracket
–	–	–	option+hyphen	Alt+0150	en dash
—	—	—	shift+option+hyphen	Alt+0151	em dash
				Alt+0160	nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	option+1	Alt+0161	inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	option+4	Alt+0162	cent sign
£	£	£	option+3	Alt+0163	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤		Alt+0164	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	option+y	Alt+0165	yen sign
¦ or &brkbar;	¦	¦		Alt+0166	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	option+6	Alt+0167	section sign
¨ or ¨	¨	¨	shift+option+u	Alt+0168	umlaut
©	©	©	option+g	Alt+0169	copyright
ª	ª	ª	option+9	Alt+0170	feminine ordinal
«	«	«	option+\	Alt+0171	left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	option+l	Alt+0172	not sign
­	­	­		Alt+0173	soft hyphen
®	®	®	option+r	Alt+0174	registered trademark
¯ or &hibar;	¯	¯		Alt+0175	macron accent
°	°	°	shift+option+8	Alt+0176	degree sign
±	±	±	shift+option+=	Alt+0177	plus or minus
²	²	²		Alt+0178	superscript two
³	³	³		Alt+0179	superscript three
´	´	´	shift+option+e	Alt+0180	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	option+m	Alt+0181	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	option+7	Alt+0182	paragraph sign
·	·	·	shift+option+9	Alt+0183	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	shift+option+z	Alt+0184	cedilla
¹	¹	¹		Alt+0185	superscript one
º	º	º	option+0	Alt+0186	masculine ordinal
»	»	»	shift+option+\	Alt+0187	right angle quote
¼	¼	¼		Alt+0188	one-fourth
½	½	½		Alt+0189	one-half
¾	¾	¾		Alt+0190	three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	shift+option+?	Alt+0191	inverted question mark
À	À	À	option+` A	Alt+0192	uppercase A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	option+e A	Alt+0193	uppercase A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	option+i A	Alt+0194	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	option+n A	Alt+0195	uppercase A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	option+u A	Alt+0196	uppercase A, umlaut
Å	Å	Å	shift+option+a	Alt+0197	uppercase A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	shift+option+'	Alt+0198	uppercase AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	shift+option+c	Alt+0199	uppercase C, cedilla
È	È	È	option+` E	Alt+0200	uppercase E, grave accent
É	É	É	option+e E	Alt+0201	uppercase E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	option+i E	Alt+0202	uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	option+u E	Alt+0203	uppercase E, umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	option+` I	Alt+0204	uppercase I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	option+e I	Alt+0205	uppercase I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	option+i I	Alt+0206	uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	option+u I	Alt+0207	uppercase I, umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð		Alt+0208	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	option+n N	Alt+0209	uppercase N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	option+` O	Alt+0210	uppercase O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	option+e O	Alt+0211	uppercase O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	option+i O	Alt+0212	uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	option+n O	Alt+0213	uppercase O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	option+u O	Alt+0214	uppercase O, umlaut
×	×	×		Alt+0215	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	shift+option+o	Alt+0216	uppercase O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	option+` U	Alt+0217	uppercase U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	option+e U	Alt+0218	uppercase U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	option+i U	Alt+0219	uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	option+u U	Alt+0220	uppercase U, umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý		Alt+0221	uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ		Alt+0222	uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	option+s	Alt+0223	lowercase sharps, German
à	à	à	option+` a	Alt+0224	lowercase a, grave accent
á	á	á	option+e a	Alt+0225	lowercase a, acute accent
â	â	â	option+i a	Alt+0226	lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	option+n a	Alt+0227	lowercase a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	option+u a	Alt+0228	lowercase a, umlaut
å	å	å	option+a	Alt+0229	lowercase a, ring
æ	æ	æ	option+'	Alt+0230	lowercase ae
ç	ç	ç	option+c	Alt+0231	lowercase c, cedilla
è	è	è	option+` e	Alt+0232	lowercase e, grave accent
é	é	é	option+e e	Alt+0233	lowercase e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	option+i e	Alt+0234	lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	option+u e	Alt+0235	lowercase e, umlaut
ì	ì	ì	option+` i	Alt+0236	lowercase i, grave accent
í	í	í	option+e i	Alt+0237	lowercase i, acute accent
î	î	î	option+i i	Alt+0238	lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	option+u i	Alt+0239	lowercase i, umlaut
ð	ð	ð		Alt+0240	lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	option+n n	Alt+0241	lowercase n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	option+` o	Alt+0242	lowercase o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	option+e o	Alt+0243	lowercase o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	option+i o	Alt+0244	lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	option+n o	Alt+0245	lowercase o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	option+u o	Alt+0246	lowercase o, umlaut
÷	÷	÷		Alt+0247	division sign
ø	ø	ø	option+o	Alt+0248	lowercase o, slash
ù	ù	ù	option+` u	Alt+0249	lowercase u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	option+e u	Alt+0250	lowercase u, acute accent
û	û	û	option+i u	Alt+0251	lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	option+u u	Alt+0252	lowercase u, umlaut
ý	ý	ý		Alt+0253	lowercase y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ		Alt+0254	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	option+u y	Alt+0255	lowercase y, umlaut