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Microsoft Standard English (United States 101) Keyboard

Typing International & Special Characters using the <Alt> key and the right-side numeric keypad.
<Num Lock>key must be on!

NOTE* Not all characters are available in all font faces or in all browsers - the following table is based on the T ime s-
Ne w R oma n or Aria l font face and Internet Explorer v5.5. Consult the Microsoft Character Map to see what special
characters are available for different fonts on your system. These special characters also work with the Microsoft English
US-International keyboard.

Press and hold the < Alt> key while typing the numb e rs shown to makethe sp e cia l cha ra cte rs:

Alt 0128
Euro currency symbol Alt 0195
A tilde

Alt 0196
Alt 0131 Florin, Guilder or Gulden A umlaut
Alt 142

Alt 0197
Alt 0132 Base line double quote A ring
Alt 143

Alt 0198
Alt 0133 Ellipsis AE ligature
Alt 146

Alt 0199
Alt 0134 Dagger C cedilla
Alt 128

Alt 0135
Double Dagger Alt 0200
E grave

Alt 0201
Alt 0136 Circumflex E acute
Alt 144

Alt 0137
Permille Alt 0202
E circumflex

Alt 0138
S caron (hacek) Alt 0203
E umlaut

Alt 0139
Left single guillemet Alt 0204
I grave

Alt 0140
OE ligature Alt 0205
I acute

Alt 0142
Z caron (hacek) Alt 0206
I circumflex

Alt 0145
Left single quote Alt 0207
I umlaut

Alt 0146
Right single quote Alt 0208
Capital Eth

Alt 0209
Alt 0147 Left double quote N tilde
Alt 165

Alt 0148
Right double quote Alt 0210
O grave

Alt 0149
Bullet Alt 0211
O acute

Alt 0150
En dash Alt 0212
O circumflex

Alt 0151
Em dash Alt 0213
O tilde

Alt 0214
Alt 0152 Tilde O umlaut
Alt 153

Alt 0153
Trademark Alt 0215
Multiply sign

Alt 0154
s caron (hacek) Alt 0216
O slash

Alt 0155 Right single guillemet Alt 0217 U grave

Alt 0156
oe ligature Alt 0218
U acute

Alt 0158
z caron (hacek) LINK Alt 0219
U circumflex

Alt 0220
Alt 0159 Y umlaut U umlaut
Alt 154

Alt 0161
Inverted exclamation Alt 0222 Capital thorn
Alt 173

Esszet

Alt 0162 Alt 0223
Cent (sz ligature)
Alt 155 Alt 225
(sharp "s") LINK

Alt 0163 Alt 0224
Pound sterling a grave
Alt 156 Alt 133

Alt 0225
Alt 0164 Currency a acute
Alt 160

Alt 0165 Alt 0226
Yen a circumflex
Alt 157 Alt 131

Alt 0166
Broken vertical bar Alt 0227
a tilde

Alt 0228
Alt 0167 Section sign a umlaut
Alt 132

Alt 0229
Alt 0168 Umlaut (dieresis) a ring
Alt 134

Alt 0230
Alt 0169 Copyright ae ligature
Alt 145

Alt 0170 Alt 0231
Feminine ordinal c cedilla
Alt 166 Alt 135

Alt 0171 Alt 0232
Left guillemet e grave
Alt 174 Alt 138

Alt 0172 Alt 0233
Logical Not sign e acute
 Alt 170 Logical Not sign
Alt 130 e acute

Alt 0234
Alt 0173 Soft hyphen (html: &shy;) e circumflex
Alt 136

Alt 0235
Alt 0174 Registered trademark e umlaut
Alt 137

Alt 0236
Alt 0175 Macron i grave
Alt 141

Alt 0176 Alt 0237
Degree sign i acute
Alt 248 Alt 161

Alt 0177 Alt 0238
Plus or minus i circumflex
Alt 241 Alt 140

Alt 0178 Alt 0239
Superscript 2 i umlaut
Alt 253 Alt 139

Alt 0179
Superscript 3 Alt 0240
Small Eth

Alt 0241
Alt 0180 Acute accent n tilde
Alt 164

Alt 0181 Alt 0242
Mu or micro o grave
Alt 230 Alt 149

Alt 0243
Alt 0182 Paragraph (pilcrow) o acute
Alt 162

Alt 0183 Alt 0244
Middle dot o circumflex
Alt 250 Alt 147

Alt 0184
Cedilla mark Alt 0245
o tilde

Alt 0246
Alt 0185 Superscript 1 o umlaut
Alt 148

Alt 0186 Alt 0247
Masculine ordinal Division sign
Alt 167 Alt 246

Alt 0187
Right guillemet Alt 0248 o slash
Alt 175

Alt 0188 Alt 0249
One quarter u grave
Alt 172 Alt 151

Alt 0189 Alt 0250
One half u acute
Alt 171 Alt 163

Alt 0251
Alt 0190 Three quarters u circumflex
Alt 150

Alt 0191 Alt 0252
Inverted question mark u umlaut
Alt 168 Alt 129

Alt 0192
A grave Alt 0253
y acute

Alt 0193 A acute Alt 0254 Lower case thorn

Alt 0255
Alt 0194 A circumflex y umlaut
Alt 152

Inserting characters by using hexidecimal Unicode values

If you know the *Unicode (hexadecimal) value of any character, you can use the "ALT X " keyboard shortcut to enter the
character directly in your document in some programs such as Microsoft Word. This is particularly useful for all special
characters that are not included in the list above (such as the R-hacek (0158 ALT X )). (You must press and HOLD DOWN
 the "ALT" key while pressing the X)

1. Type the 4-digit Unicode (hexadecimal) value of the character, including the leading zero if applicable. (Optionally, the
value string can also begin with U+)
2. Press "ALT X " - this is the ALT key and the X key a t the sa me time .
Microsoft Word, Wordpad and some other applications will replace the string to the left of the insertion point with the character
you specified.
*(Unicod e : A character encoding standard developed by the Unicode Consortium. By using more than one byte to represent
each character, Unicode enables almost all of the written languages in the world to be represented by using a single character
set.)

Unicod e Cha ra cte r T a b le : Ara b ic

Ma ny Othe r Unicod e Cha ra cte r T a b le s He re

Microsoft Character Map

This is useful for the infrequent accent or symbol. It is located within Windows at Start - Programs - Accessories - Character Map (OR
click Start, Run, and type Charmap). After choosing a font, double click the desired character(s), click on Copy, return to your document
and paste.

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