How to type special characters in keyboard using ALT + keypad numbers
I also listed names of some other known characters.
I am maintaining this list since 2001 when I started my computer life.
Note: I am adding more and more as I find them.
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Instead, just copy and paste symbol, or use ALT+.... to generate.
Signs and symbol that may not be available in all keyboards
Use the process below
Press ALT key, while that ALT key is kept pressed, press sequence of keys next to symbol you want to show
At end, release ALT key, then you will see that symbol is printed.
Can be used in any Notepad, text area, message using Windows keyboard.
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☺ smily face ALT+1
☻ smily black ALT+2
♥ Heart ALT+3
♦ Diamond ALT+4
♣ Club ALT+5
♠ Spades ALT+6
• ALT+7
○ Circle ALT+9
Tab ALT+09
◙ ALT+10
♂ male sign ALT+11
♀ female sign ALT+12
♪ eighth note ALT+13
♫ beamed eighth note ALT+14
☼ Sun ALT+15
► Right ALT+16
◄ Left ALT+17
↕ Up/down arrows ALT+18
↑ Up arrow ALT+24
↓ Down arrow ALT+25
→ Right arrow ALT+26
← Left arrow ALT+27
↔ Left/right arrows ALT+29
▲ ALT+30
▼ ALT+31
" double-quotation Alt+34
' Quote Alt+39
µ ALT+230
∞ Infinity sign ALT+236
° ALT+248
· ALT+250
√ Check mark ALT+251
ⁿ Power of n ALT+252
€ euro ALT+0128
’ Euro quote (146) ALT+0146
• Dot ALT+0149
™ Trademark Alt+0153
¡ upside down exclamation ALT+0161
¢ cent Alt+0162
£ pound Alt+0163
¤ ALT+0164
¥ Yen Alt+0165
¨ Alt+0168
© Copyright Alt+0169
« Alt+0171
® Registered Alt+0174
° Degree Alt+0176
± Plus/Minus Alt+0177
² Square Alt+0178
³ Cubed Alt+0179
´ ALT+0180
µ Micro ALT+0181
¶ Paragraph mark ALT+0182
· ALT+0183
¸ ALT+0184
¹ Power of 1 ALT+0185
º ALT+0186
» ALT+0187
¼ One quarter ALT+0188
½ One half ALT+0189
¾ Three quarters ALT+0190
¿ upside down question mark ALT+0191
× multiplaction ALT+0215
√ square root (check mark) ALT+0251
► ALT+8720
◄ ALT+8721
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≠ Does not equal (copy and paste)
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: Colon
; Semi-colon
, Comma
. Period (dot)
- Hyphen (dash, minus)
( Paren
( ) Parenthesis
[ Left bracket
] Right bracket
{ Left brace
} Right brace
~ tilde
/ Slash
\ Backslash
| Pipe (bar)
! Exclamation (bang)
@ At
# Pound (hash, sharp, )
$ Dollar sign
% Percent (wild card)
^ Hat
& Ampersand, And
* Asterisk (star, wild card)
? Question mark (wild card)
+ plus sign (cross)
= equal sign
Keep Alt down, press 4 numbers in numpad (keypad), then release Alt key after done
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