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(In order to make these Special Characters, you must turn on NumLock,
then you must use the Numbers Pad and NOT the numbers at the top of
the keyboard.)

ASCII and ANSI Characters

Commonly Used in Genealogy & Email
(In the Germanic languages, Diaeresis is referred to as Umlaut.)

Character (Name) ANSI ASCII Character (Name) ANSI ASCII

Ä (A Diaeresis) ALT+0196 ALT+142 Ÿ (Y Diaeresis) ALT+0159 ----

ä (a Diaeresis)
Ë (E Diaeresis)
ë (e Diaeresis)
Ï (I Diaeresis)
ï (i Diaeresis)
Ö (O Diaeresis)
ö (o Diaeresis)
Ü (U Diaeresis)
ü (u Diaeresis)
ALT+0228 ALT+132 ÿ (y Diaeresis) ALT+0255 ALT+152
ALT+0203 ---- ß (German Double SS-Caps &
ALT+0223 ALT+225
non-caps)
ALT+0235 ALT+137
ƒ (Florin Monetary Unit) ALT+0131 ALT+159
ALT+0207 ----
™ (Unregistered Trademark) ALT+0153 ----
ALT+0239 ALT+139
® (Registered Trademark) ALT+0174 ----
ALT+0214 ALT+153
© (Copyright Symbol) ALT+0169 ----
ALT+0246 ALT+148
¼ (One-Fourth) ALT+0188 ALT+172
ALT+0220 ALT+154
½ (One-Half) ALT+0189 ALT+171
ALT+0252 ALT+129
¾ (Three-Fourths) ALT+0190 ----

× (Multiplication Symbol) ALT+0215 ---- “ (Open Double Quote) ALT+0147 ----

÷ (Division Symbol) ALT+0247 ALT+246 ” (Close Double Quote) ALT+0148 ----
¹ (Superscript 1) ALT+0185 ---- ‹ (Left Single Guillemet) ALT+0139 ----
² (Superscript 2) ALT+0178 ALT+253 › (Right Single Guillemet) ALT+0155 ----
³ (Superscript 3) ALT+0179 ---- « (Left Double Guillemet) ALT+0171 ALT+174
€ (Euro Monetary Symbol) ALT+0128 ---- » (Right Double Guillemet) ALT+0187 ALT+175
¢ (Cent Monetary Symbol) ALT+0162 ALT+155 ¦ (Broken Bar) ALT+0166 ----
£ (Pound Monetary Symbol) ALT+0163 ALT+156 – (En Dash) ALT+0150 ----
‘ (Open Single Quote) ALT+0145 ---- — (Em Dash) ALT+0151 ----
’ (Close Single Quote) ALT+0146 ---- … (Ellipsis) ALT+0133 ----

Complete ASCII & ANSI Character Chart

(Characters 1-127 are not on the Chart, since they are either ones that are used in programming, or
are already available on the keyboard.)

Character (Name) ANSI ASCII Character (Name) ANSI ASCII

À (A Grave) ALT+0192 ---- È (E Grave) ALT+0200 ----

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à (a Grave) ALT+0224 ALT+133 è (e Grave) ALT+0232 ALT+138

Á (A Acute) ALT+0193 ---- É (E Acute) ALT+0201 ALT+144
á (a Acute) ALT+0225 ALT+160 é (e Acute) ALT+0233 ALT+130
 (A Circumflex) ALT+0194 ---- Ê (E Circumflex) ALT+0202 ----
â (a Circumflex) ALT+0226 ALT+131 ê (e Circumflex) ALT+0234 ALT+136
à (A Tilde) ALT+0195 ---- Ë (E Diaeresis) ALT+0203 ----
ã (a Tilde) ALT+0227 ---- ë (e Diaeresis) ALT+0235 ALT+137
Ä (A Diaeresis) ALT+0196 ALT+142 Ì (I Grave) ALT+0204 ----
ä (a Diaeresis) ALT+0228 ALT+132 ì (i Grave) ALT+0236 ALT+141
Å (A Ring) ALT+0197 ALT+143 Í (I Acute) ALT+0205 ----
å (a Ring) ALT+0229 ALT+134 í (i Acute) ALT+0237 ALT+161

Î (I Circumflex) ALT+0206 ---- Ö (O Diaeresis) ALT+0214 ALT+153

î (i circumflex) ALT+0238 ALT+140 ö (o Diaeresis) ALT+0246 ALT+148
Ï (I Diaeresis) ALT+0207 ---- Ø (O with Oblique) ALT+0216 ----
ï (i Diaeresis) ALT+0239 ALT+139 ø (o with Oblique) ALT+0248 ----
Ò (O Grave) ALT+0210 ---- Ù (U Grave) ALT+0217 ----
ò (o Grave) ALT+0242 ALT+149 ù (u Grave) ALT+0249 ALT+151
Ó (O Acute) ALT+0211 ---- Ú (U Acute) ALT+0218 ----
ó (o Acute) ALT+0243 ALT+162 ú (u Acute) ALT+0250 ALT+163
Ô (O Circumflex) ALT+0212 ---- Û (U Circumflex) ALT+0219 ----
ô (o Circumflex) ALT+0244 ALT+147 û (u Circumflex) ALT+0251 ALT+150
Õ (O Tilde) ALT+0213 ---- Ü (U Diaeresis) ALT+0220 ALT+154
õ (o Tilde) ALT+0245 ---- ü (u Diaeresis) ALT+0252 ALT+129

Ý (Y Acute) ALT+0221 ---- ß (German Double SS-Caps &

ALT+0223 ALT+225
non-caps)
ý (y Acute) ALT+0253 ----
ƒ (Florin Monetary Unit) ALT+0131 ALT+159
Ÿ (Y Diaeresis) ALT+0159 ----
Š (S Caron) ALT+0138 ----
ÿ (y Diaeresis) ALT+0255 ALT+152
š (s Caron) ALT+0154 ----
Æ (AE Ligature) ALT+0198 ALT+146
Ž (Z Caron) ALT+0154 ----
æ (ae Ligature) ALT+0230 ALT+145
ž (z Caron) ALT+0154 ----
Π(OE Ligature) ALT+0140 ----
þ (Icelandic Thorn) ALT+0254 ----
œ (oe Ligature) ALT+0156 ----
Þ (Icelandic thorn) ALT+0222 ----
Ç (C Cedilla) ALT+0199 ALT+128
Ð (Icelandic Eth) ALT+0208 ----
ç (c Cedilla) ALT+0231 ALT+135
ð (Icelandic eth) ALT+0240 ----
Ñ (N Tilde, also Spanish N
ALT+0209 ALT+165
"enya") ™ (Unregistered Trademark) ALT+0153 ----
ñ (n Tilde, also Spanish n ® (Registered Trademark) ALT+0174 ----
ALT+0241 ALT+164
"enya")
© (Copyright Symbol) ALT+0169 ----
¬ (Not) ALT+0172 ----

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¼ (One-Fourth) ALT+0188 ALT+172

¥ (Yen Monetary Symbol) ALT+0165 ALT+157
½ (One-Half) ALT+0189 ALT+171
¤ (International Monetary
¾ (Three-Fourths) ALT+0190 ---- ALT+0164 ----
Symbol)
× (Multiplication Symbol) ALT+0215 ----
¡ (Spanish Inverted !) ALT+0161 ALT+173
÷ (Division Symbol) ALT+0247 ALT+246
¿ (Spanish Inverted ?) ALT+0191 ALT+168
¹ (Superscript 1) ALT+0185 ----
‚ (Baseline Single Quote) ALT+0130 ----
² (Superscript 2) ALT+0178 ALT+253
‘ (Open Single Quote) ALT+0145 ----
³ (Superscript 3) ALT+0179 ----
’ (Close Single Quote) ALT+0146 ----
‰ (no cents/dollar, per/mill) ALT+0137 ----
„ (Baseline Double Quote) ALT+0132 ----
€ (Euro Monetary Symbol) ALT+0128 ----
“ (Open Double Quote) ALT+0147 ----
¢ (Cent Monetary Symbol) ALT+0162 ALT+155
” (Close Double Quote) ALT+0148 ----
£ (Pound Monetary Symbol) ALT+0163 ALT+156
† (Single Dagger) ALT+0134 ----
‡ (Double Dagger) ALT+0135 ----

(Plus/Minus Sign) ALT+0177 ALT+241 (Acute) ALT+0180 ----

(Large Bullet) ALT+0149 ALT+249 (Diaeresis) ALT+0168 ----

· (Small Bullet) ALT+0183 ALT+250 ¸ (Cedilla) ALT+0184 ----

(Section Symbol) ALT+0167 ---- (Left Single Guillemet) ALT+0139 ----

(Feminine Ordinal) ALT+0170 ALT+166 (Right Single Guillemet) ALT+0155 ----

(Masculine Ordinal) ALT+0186 ALT+167 (Left Double Guillemet) ALT+0171 ALT+174

(Micro Symbol or Mu) ALT+0181 ALT+230 (Right Double Guillemet) ALT+0187 ALT+175

(Pilcrow, Paragraph (Broken Bar) ALT+0166 ----

ALT+0182 ALT+227
Symbol)
(En Dash) ALT+0150 ----

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(Circumflex) ALT+0136 ---- (Em Dash) ALT+0151 ----

(Tilde) ALT+0152 ---- (Ellipsis) ALT+0133 ----

(Macron) ALT+0175 ---- (Invisible Hyphen-width ALT+0173 ----

Space)
(Ring, also Degrees) ALT+0176 ALT+248

Created on ... December 08, 2003

Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 George W. Durman

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