Symbol shortcuts | List of ALT codes
For those who would like to know how to do the copyright symbol © or the Registered Trademark symbol ® or other things like funny faces etc.
Instructions :- press the ALT key and while the ALT key is pressed down you put in the code numbers given below from your NUMBER PAD on your keyboard – (it won’t work using the numbers at the top of the keyboard) make sure your NUM LOCK is ON.
| Accent | A | E | I | O | U | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave Capital |
À 0192 |
È 0200 |
Ì 0204 |
Ò 0210 |
Ù 0217 |
|
| Grave Lower Case | à 0224 |
è 0232 |
ì 0236 |
ò 0242 |
ù 0249 |
|
| Acute Capital |
Á 0193 |
É 0201 |
Í 0205 |
Ó 0211 |
Ú 0218 |
Ý 0221 |
| Acute Lower Case | á 0225 |
é 0233 |
í 0237 |
ó 0243 |
ú 0250 |
ý 0253 |
| Circumflex Capital |
 0194 |
Ê 0202 |
Î 0206 |
Ô 0212 |
Û 0219 |
|
| Circumflex Lower Case | â 0226 |
ê 0234 |
î 0238 |
ô 0244 |
û 0251 |
|
| Tilde Capital |
à 0195 |
— | Ñ 0209 |
Õ 0213 |
— | |
| Tilde Lower Case | ã 0227 |
— | ñ 0241 |
õ 0245 |
— | |
| Umlaut Capital |
Ä 0196 |
Ë 0203 |
Ï 0207 |
Ö 0214 |
Ü 0220 |
Ÿ 0159 |
| Umlaut Lower Case | ä 0228 |
ë 0235 |
ï 0239 |
ö 0246 |
ü 0252 |
ÿ 0255 |
More here :- http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/index.html
Foreign characters Alt code
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ¡ | Upside-down exclamation mark | 0161 |
| ¿ | Upside-down question mark | 0191 |
| Ç, ç | French C cedille (caps/lowecase) | 0199 0231 |
| Œ,œ | O-E ligature (caps/lowecase) | 0140 0156 |
| ß | German Sharp/Double S | 0223 |
| º, ª | Masculine Ordinal Number (Span/Ital/Portuguese) Feminine Ordinal Number |
0186 0170 |
| Ø,ø | Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase) | 0216 0248 |
| Å,å | Nordic A ring (caps/lowecase), Angstrom sign | 0197 0229 |
| Æ, æ | A-E ligature (caps/lowecase) | 0198 0230 |
| Þ, þ | Icelandic/Old English Thorn (caps/lowecase) See other Old English Characters |
0222 0254 |
| Ð, ð | Icelandic/Old English Eth (caps/lowecase) See other Old English Characters |
0208 0240 |
| « » | Spanish/French angle quotation marks | 0171 0187 |
| ‹ › | Spanish/French angle single quotation marks | 0139 0155 |
| Š š | Czech S hachek (S Caron) (caps/lowercase) See other Czech Characters |
0138 0154 |
| Ž ž | Czech S hachek (Z Caron) (caps/lowercase) See other Czech Characters |
0142 0158 |
Currency alt codes
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ¢ | Cent sign | 0162 |
| £ | British Pound | 0163 |
| € | Euro currency | 0128 |
| ¥ | Japanese Yen | 0165 |
| ƒ | Dutch Florin | 0131 |
| ¤ | Generic currency symbol | 0164 |
Mathematical alt codes
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ÷ | Division sign | 0247 |
| ° | Degree symbol | 0176 |
| ¬ | Not symbol | 0172 |
| ± | Plus/minus | 0177 |
| µ | Micro | 0181 |
| ‰ | Per Mille (1/1000th) | 0137 |
Fractions Alt codes
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | Fraction 1/4 | 0188 |
| ½ | Fraction 1/2 | 0189 |
| ¾ | Fraction 3/4 | 0190 |
Symbols Alt code
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| © | Copyright symbol | 0169 |
| ® | Registered symbol | 0174 |
| ™ | Trademark | 0153 |
| • | List Dot | 0149 |
| § | Section Symbol | 0167 |
| † | Dagger | 0134 |
| ‡ | Double Dagger | 0135 |
| – | en-dash | 0150 |
| — | em-dash | 0151 |
| ¶ | Paragraph Symbol (Pilcrow) | 0182 |