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Typing Characters with Accents


If you need to type special characters with accents, such as à or ü, this can be accomplished by holding the "Alt" key on your keyboard while typing in the ASCII code on the numeric keypad. Remember that "Num Lock" must be on for the numeric keypad to work.

Below is a table of commonly used ASCII characters:

©
Alt+0169
®
Alt+0174

Alt+0153
°
Alt+0176
·
Alt+0183

Alt+0149

Alt+0145

Alt+0146

Alt+0147

Alt+0148

Alt+0151

Alt+0133

Alt+0134

Alt+0135
§
Alt+0167

Alt+0182
×
Alt+0215
÷
Alt+0247
±
Alt+0177
£
Alt+0163
¥
Alt+0165
ƒ
Alt+0131
¢
Alt+0162

Alt+0137

Alt+0128
µ
Alt+0181
¨
Alt+0168
ˆ
Alt+0136
´
Alt+0180
˜
Alt+0152
¯
Alt+0175
¸
Alt+0184

Alt+0139

Alt+0155
«
Alt+0171
»
Alt+0187

Alt+0130

Alt+0132
¡
Alt+0161
¿
Alt+0191
ä
Alt+0228
Ä
Alt+0196
â
Alt+0226
Â
Alt+0194
á
Alt+0225
Á
Alt+0193
à
Alt+0224
À
Alt+0192
ã
Alt+0227
Ã
Alt+0195
å
Alt+0229
Å
Alt+0197
ç
Alt+0231
Ç
Alt+0199
ë
Alt+0235
Ë
Alt+0203
ê
Alt+0234
Ê
Alt+0202
é
Alt+0233
É
Alt+0201
è
Alt+0232
È
Alt+0200
ï
Alt+0239
Ï
Alt+0207
î
Alt+0238
Î
Alt+0206
í
Alt+0237
Í
Alt+0205
ì
Alt+0236
Ì
Alt+0204
ñ
Alt+0241
Ñ
Alt+0209
ö
Alt+0246
Ö
Alt+0214
ô
Alt+0244
Ô
Alt+0212
ó
Alt+0243
Ó
Alt+0211
ò
Alt+0242
Ò
Alt+0210
õ
Alt+0245
Õ
Alt+0213
ø
Alt+0248
Ø
Alt+0216
ü
Alt+0252
Ü
Alt+0220
û
Alt+0251
Û
Alt+0219
ú
Alt+0250
Ú
Alt+0218
ù
Alt+0249
Ù
Alt+0217
ÿ
Alt+0255
Ÿ
Alt+0159
æ
Alt+0230
Æ
Alt+0198
œ
Alt+0156
Œ
Alt+0140
ß
Alt+0223
 

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