alt codes

Laptop users and anyone else whose keyboard has no numeric keypad - you can still use alt codes. Look for a "function" or "fn" key normally near the bottom left of the keyboard and a button with num lock written in the same color which is usually near the top right of the keyboard. While holding function press and release num lock. Now you can enter alt codes as above but at point 3 use the keys with numbers in the same color as the function (fn) key to enter the alt code. Normally "U" has 4 on it for example. Switch num lock off in the same way as you switched it on.

Table of 3 digit ALT Codes and their accented characters, currency symbols and other special characters for Microsoft Windows
1	☺		52	4	Four	103	g		154	Ü	U umlaut	205	═	Drawing Symbols
2	☻		53	5	Five	104	h		155	¢	Cent	206	╬
3	♥	Heart	54	6	Six	105	i		156	£	Pound	207	╧
4	♦	Diamond	55	7	Seven	106	j		157	¥	Yen	208	╨
5	♣	Club	56	8	Eight	107	k		158	₧	Peseta	209	╤
6	♠	Spade	57	9	Nine	108	l		159	ƒ	Frank / Forte / Guilder	210	╥
7	•	Bullet 1	58	:	Colon	109	m		160	á	a acute	211	╙
8	◘	Bullet 2	59	;	Semi-Colon	110	n		161	í	i acute	212	╘
9	○	Bullet 3	60	<	Less Than	111	o		162	ó	o acute	213	╒
10	◙	Bullet 4	61	=	Equals	112	p		163	ú	u acute	214	╓
11	♂	Male Sign	62	>	Greater Than	113	q		164	ñ	n tilda	215	╫
12	♀	Female Sign	63	?	Question Mark	114	r		165	Ñ	N tilda	216	╪
13	♪	Quaver	64	@	At Symbol	115	s		166	ª	a superscript	217	┘
14	♫	Joined Quavers	65	A		116	t		167	º	o superscript	218	┌
15	☼		66	B		117	u		168	¿	inverted question mark	219	█
16	►	Play Forward	67	C		118	v		169	®	Registered symbol	220	▄
17	◄	Play Reverse	68	D		119	w		170	¬		221	▌
18	↕		69	E		120	x		171	½	Half Fraction	222	▐
19	‼	Double Exclamation	70	F		121	y		172	¼	Quarter Fraction	223	▀
20	¶	Carriage Return	71	G		122	z		173	¡	Inverted exclamation mark	224	α	Alpha
21	§	Paragraph	72	H		123	{	Open curley bracket	174	«		225	ß	Beta
22	▬	Long Hyphon	73	I		124	\|	Bar	175	»		226	Γ	Gamma
23	↨		74	J		125	}	Close curley bracket	176	░	Drawing Symbols	227	π	Pi
24	↑	Up Arrow	75	K		126	~	Tilda/Squiggle	177	▒		228	Σ	Sigma / Sum
25	↓	Down Arrow	76	L		127	⌂		178	▓		229	σ	Sigma (Lowercase)
26	→	Right Arrow	77	M		128	Ç	C cedilla	179	│		230	µ	Mu / Micro
27	←	Left Arrow	78	N		129	ü	u umlaut	180	┤		231	τ	Tau
28	∟	Tab Marker	79	O		130	é	e accute	181	╡		232	Φ	Phi (Uppercase)
29	↔		80	P		131	â	a circumflex	182	╢		233	Θ	Theta
30	▲		81	Q		132	ä	a umlaut	183	╖		234	Ω	Omega
31	▼		82	R		133	à	a with grave	184	╕		235	δ	Delta
32		Space	83	S		134	å	aa	185	╣		236	∞	Infinity
33	!	Exclamation Mark	84	T		135	ç	c with cedilla	186	║		237	φ	Phi (Lowercase)
34	"	Quotation Mark	85	U		136	ê	e circumflex	187	╗		238	ε	Epsilon
35	#	Hash/Pound Key	86	V		137	ë	e umlaut	188	╝		239	∩
36	$	Dollar Sign	87	W		138	è	e grave	189	╜		240	≡	Exactly Identical
37	%	Percentage Sign	88	X		139	ï	i umlaut	190	╛		241	±	Plus or Minus
38	&	Ampersand	89	Y		140	î	i circumflex	191	┐		242	≥	Greater than or equal
39	'	Apostraphe	90	Z		141	ì	i grave	192	└		243	≤	Less than or equal
40	(	Open Bracket	91	[	Open Square Bracket	142	Ä	A umlaut	193	┴		244	⌠
41	)	Close Bracked	92	\	Back Slash	143	Å	Aa	194	┬		245	⌡
42	*	Asterisk/Multiply	93	]	Close Square Bracket	144	É	E acute	195	├		246	÷	Division Sign
43	+	Plus sign	94	^	To the power of	145	æ	ae ligature	196	─		247	≈	Approximately equal
44	,	Comma	95	_	Underscore	146	Æ	ae ligature	197	┼		248	°	Degree sign
45	-	Minus Sign/Dash	96	`	Accent	147	ô	o circumflex	198	╞		249	∙
46	.	Full Stop/Period	97	a		148	ö	o umlaut	199	╟		250	·
47	/	Forward Slash	98	b		149	ò	o grave	200	╚		251	√	Square Root
48	0	Zero	99	c		150	û	u circumflex	201	╔		252	ⁿ	Power n
49	1	One	100	d		151	ù	u grave	202	╩		253	²	Squared
50	2	Two	101	e		152	ÿ	y umlaut	203	╦		254	■	Stop
51	3	Three	102	f		153	Ö	O umlaut	204	╠		255		Alternative Space

Windows ALT Codes

Input Accented Characters, Currency Symbols and other Special Characters quickly using Alt Codes

Using either of the two tables below, find the symbol & alt code you need: