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Windows Setup
ALT Codes
International
Keyboard Codes
International Keyboard Codes | Windows Character Map | Non-English
Keyboards
Mac Accent Codes
Character Map

This page list codes for accented letters and other characters. In order
to use these codes, your computer should have a separate Mac Setup
numeric keypad on the right. If it does not, then another method of
Option Accent Codes
inputting accents is recommended.
Extended Accent
Codes
Non-English
Keyboards
Symbol/Character
Viewer
For information on how to type the codes, please read the detailed
instructions.

1. Letters with Accents – (e.g.ó, ò, ñ)

2. Other Foreign Characters – (e.g. ç, ¿, ß)
3. Currency Symbols – (e.g. ¢, £, ¥)
4. Math Symbols – (e.g. ±, °, ÷)
5. Other Punctuation – (e.g. &, ©, §)
6. Using the Codes
7. Other Accents and Symbols: Character Map Other Page
8. Non-Numeric Accent Codes: Activate International Keyboard
Other Page
9. Links to Other References

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This list is focused on Western European languages. See the individual

Language pages for additional codes.

Accent A E I O U Y

Grave —
Capital 0192 0200 0204 0210 0217

Grave Lower Case —

0224 0232 0236 0242 0249

Acute
Capital 0193 0201 0205 0211 0218 0221

Acute Lower Case

0225 0233 0237 0243 0250 0253

Circumflex —
Capital 0194 0202 0206 0212 0219

Circumflex Lower —
Case
0226 0234 0238 0244 0251

Tilde — — —
Capital 0195 0209 0213

Tilde Lower Case — — —

0227 0241 0245

Umlaut
Capital 0196 0203 0207 0214 0220 0159

Umlaut Lower Case

0228 0235 0239 0246 0252 0255

To input the acute a á (0225), hold down the ALT key, type 0225 on
the numeric keypad, then release the ALT key.

If you are having problems inputting these codes, please review the
instructions for using the codes at the bottom of this Web page.

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See the Specific Language Page for additional codes for

accented characters. Note that codes may only work in
Microsoft Office.

SYMBOL NAME CODE NUMBER

Upside-down
0161
exclamation mark

Upside-down question
0191
mark

French C cedille 0199

(caps/lowecase) 0231

O-E ligature 0140

(caps/lowecase) 0156

German Sharp/Double
0223
S

Masculine Ordinal
Number (Span/Ital
0186
/Portuguese)
0170
Feminine Ordinal
Number

Nordic O slash 0216

(caps/lowecase) 0248

Nordic A ring
0197
(caps/lowecase),
0229
Angstrom sign

A-E ligature 0198

(caps/lowecase) 0230

Icelandic/Old English
Thorn
0222
(caps/lowecase)
0254
See other Old
English Characters

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Icelandic/Old English 0208

Eth (caps/lowecase) 0240

Spanish/French angle 0171

quotation marks 0187

Spanish/French angle
0139
single quotation
0155
marks

Czech S hachek (S
Caron)
0138
(caps/lowercase)
0154
See other Czech
Characters

Czech Z hachek (Z
0142
Caron)
0158
(caps/lowercase)

SYMBOL NAME CODE NUMBER

Cent sign 0162

British Pound 0163

Euro currency 0128

Japanese Yen 0165

Dutch Florin 0131

Generic currency
0164
symbol

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SYMBOL NAME CODE NUMBER

Division sign 0247

Degree symbol 0176

Not symbol 0172

Plus/minus 0177

Micro 0181

Per Mille (1/1000th) 0137

These codes produce fractions which are spaced on one line.

SYMBOL NAME CODE NUMBER

Fraction 1/4 0188

Fraction 1/2 0189

Fraction 3/4 0190

Check these references for other methods to implement

superscript/subscript and extra fractions

Superscript/Subscript in Microsoft Word

Superscript/Subscript in HTML and CSS

See the Unicode Math Chart for additional codes for math symbols.
Note that they only work in Microsoft Office and that you should
use the non-Hex code. For instance an entry ∛ for the cube
root symbol (∛) would correspond to ALT+8731 in Word.

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These incude copyright symbols and special section marks.

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
0182
(Pilcrow)

Windows assigns a numeric code to different accented letters, other

foreign characters and special mathematical symbols. For instance the
code for lower case á is 0225, and the code for capital Á is 0193. The
ALT key input is used to manually insert these letters and symbols by
calling the numeric code assigned to them.

1. Place your cursor in the location where you wish to insert a special
character.

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2. Activate the numeric key pad on the right of the keyboard by

pressing Num Lock (upper right of keyboard). The Num Lock
light on the keyboard will indicate that the numeric key pad is on.
NOTE: You must use the numeric key pad; if you use the number
keys on the top of the keyboard, the characters will not appear. If
you are on a laptop or computer without a separate numeric
keypad one of the other methods is recommended.
3. While pressing down the ALT key, type the four-digit code on the
numeric key pad at the right edge of the keyboard. The codes
are "case sensitive." For instance, the code for lower-case á is
ALT+0225, but capital Á is ALT+0193.
NOTE: If you have the International keyboard activated, you will
only be able to input codes with the ALT key on the left side of the
keyboard.
4. Release the ALT key. The character will appear when the ALT key
is released.
NOTE: You must include the initial zero in the code. For
example to insert á (0225) you must type ALT+0225, NOT
ALT+225.

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