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ALT Key Codes for Special Characters List

How to Type Special Characters with ALT Keyboard Sequences
Published by Dick H

Category: General Tips
12 Jan 2019

How to Type Special Characters with ALT Keyboard Sequences  

   Information

Many special characters are available that may not appear on your keyboard. This tutorial will show
you how to type special characters using a list of ALT keyboard sequences.

Did you ever want to, or need to, enter a special character that is not on your keyboard? Like 72°
instead of 72 degrees?

Or £9.99 instead of 9.99 British Pounds? And our EU friends, €19.95 instead of 19.95 Euros? Many
more:

╛ Å ¾ Ø --- the list goes on.

This is not a registry hack or system tweak of any kind. It simply uses the built-in character set and
the ALT key. This applies only to keyboards with a separate numeric keypad on the right. Simply
press and hold the ALT key and enter the numeric code on the keypad. When you let go of the ALT
key, the symbol appears.

Examples: ù = ALT+0249 -- ° = ALT+248 -- £ = ALT+156

   Note

Here is a PDF with instructions and a copy of the table below.

Special Characters — Alt Keyboard Sequences.pdf

To type a special character, using an Alt keyboard sequence:

1. Press the Num Lock key to activate the numeric key section of the keyboard.

2. Press and hold the Alt key.

3. While the Alt key is pressed, type the sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) from the Alt code in the table below.

4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear.

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Character Sequence Character Sequence Character Sequence Character Sequence Character

backspace† Alt 8 E Alt 69 q Alt 113 ó Alt 162 ©

tab† Alt 9 F Alt 70 r Alt 114 ú Alt 163 ®

line break† Alt 10 G Alt 71 s Alt 115 ñ Alt 164 ¯

¤ Alt 15 H Alt 72 t Alt 116 Ñ Alt 165 ³

¶ Alt 20 I Alt 73 u Alt 117 Alt 166‡ ´

§ Alt 21 J Alt 74 v Alt 118 Alt 167‡ ¸

paste† Alt 22 K Alt 75 w Alt 119 ¿ Alt 168 ¹

space† Alt 32 L Alt 76 x Alt 120 ¬ Alt 170 ¾

! Alt 33 M Alt 77 y Alt 121 ½ Alt 171 À

" Alt 34 N Alt 78 z Alt 122 ¼ Alt 172 Á

# Alt 35 O Alt 79 { Alt 123 ¡ Alt 173 Â

$ Alt 36 P Alt 80 | Alt 124 « Alt 174 Ã

% Alt 37 Q Alt 81 } Alt 125 » Alt 175 Ä

& Alt 38 R Alt 82 ~ Alt 126 ¦ Alt 179 Å

' Alt 39 S Alt 83  Alt 127 ß Alt 225 È

( Alt 40 T Alt 84 Ç Alt 128 µ Alt 230 É

) Alt 41 U Alt 85 ü Alt 129 ± Alt 241 Ê

* Alt 42 V Alt 86 é Alt 130 ° Alt 248 Ë

+ Alt 43 W Alt 87 â Alt 131 • Alt 249 Ì

, Alt 44 X Alt 88 ä Alt 132 · Alt 250 Í

- Alt 45 Y Alt 89 à Alt 133 ² Alt 253 Î

. Alt 46 Z Alt 90 å Alt 134 € Alt 0128 Ï

/ Alt 47 [ Alt 91 ç Alt 135 „ Alt 0132 Ð

Alt 48 \ Alt 92 ê Alt 136 … Alt 0133 Ò

1 Alt 49 ] Alt 93 ë Alt 137 † Alt 0134 Ó

2 Alt 50 ^ Alt 94 è Alt 138 ‡ Alt 0135 Ô

3 Alt 51 _ Alt 95 ï Alt 139 ˆ Alt 0136 Õ

4 Alt 52 ` Alt 96 î Alt 140 ‰ Alt 0137 Ö

5 Alt 53 a Alt 97 ì Alt 141 Š Alt 0138 ×

6 Alt 54 b Alt 98 æ Alt 145 ‹ Alt 0139 Ø

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7 Alt 55 c Alt 99 Æ Alt 146 Œ Alt 0140 Ù

8 Alt 56 d Alt 100 ô Alt 147 ‘ Alt 0145 Ú

9 Alt 57 e Alt 101 ö Alt 148 ’ Alt 0146 Û

: Alt 58 f Alt 102 ò Alt 149 “ Alt 0147 Ü

; Alt 59 g Alt 103 û Alt 150 ” Alt 0148 Ý

< Alt 60 h Alt 104 ù Alt 151 – Alt 0150 Þ

= Alt 61 i Alt 105 ÿ Alt 152 — Alt 0151 ã

> Alt 62 j Alt 106 ¢ Alt 155 ˜ Alt 0152 ð

? Alt 63 k Alt 107 £ Alt 156 ™ Alt 0153 õ

@ Alt 64 l Alt 108 ¥ Alt 157 š Alt 0154 ÷

A Alt 65 m Alt 109 P Alt 158 › Alt 0155 ø

B Alt 66 n Alt 110 ƒ Alt 159 œ Alt 0156 ü

C Alt 67 o Alt 111 á Alt 160 Ÿ Alt 0159 ý

D Alt 68 p Alt 112 í Alt 161 ¨ Alt 0168 þ

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12 May 2015 #1

Great tutorial and thanks for the PDF.

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12 May 2015 #2

Thanks for this PDF file list of special characters! It will come in very handy,

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