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The foreign language and other symbols listed below are easy for occasional use whether for letter writing and invitations, business and academic documents, literature, etc. The symbols are made by pressing and holding one of the ALT keys, then typing the indicated numbers. You must use the numeric keypad on the right side of your keyboard (check that Num Lock is on). For example: ALT + 0200 = È.  The letter appears after the Alt key is released. The two existing ALT key methods are shown in the three charts below. The International English Keyboard is an easier  method for those who use many Western European accent marks fairly often.

The four digit combinations can also be found in Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Character Map; clicking on a letter shows the Alt keystrokes in the lower right of the Character Map window and its name in the lower left (see example). Help is available in Start/Help (or Help and Support in Win XP) - then type character map. The Windows operating system seems to accept either the three or four digit system.

[QUESTION re Gmail, January 2010: Has anyone noticed that ALT + 148 no longer creates ö or Ö? My contact info is at bottom of this page.]

If you prefer, you may be able to hi-lite, copy, and paste the accented letter (not the code) from below into your work. The charts are designed to be printed and displayed near a personal, office, or school computer. Browsers usually let you print a selected part of the page.

Polish Chart  for the ogonek, acute, stroke, and dot. See also Cyrillic.
Dutch, French
translations of this page.

 


Alt key + Four digits

¤    Alt+0164
†    Alt+0134
×    Alt+0215
÷    Alt+0247
‡    Alt+0135
±    Alt+0177
—    Alt+0151
–    Alt+0150
¶    Alt+0182
§    Alt+0167
ˆ    Alt+0136
˜    Alt+0152
«    Alt+0171
»    Alt+0187
¦    Alt+0166
‰    Alt+0137
©    Alt+0169
®    Alt+0174
™    Alt+0153


á    Alt+0225
à    Alt+0224
â    Alt+0226
ä    Alt+0228

å    Alt+0229
Á    Alt+0193
à   Alt+0195
Ä    Alt+0196
Å    Alt+0197


À    Alt+0192
    Alt+0194
æ    Alt+0230
Æ    Alt+0198
ç    Alt+0231
Ç    Alt+0199
ê    Alt+0234
é    Alt+0233
ë    Alt+0235
è    Alt+0232
Ê    Alt+0202
Ë    Alt+0203
É    Alt+0201
È    Alt+0200
ï    Alt+0239
í    Alt+0237

î    Alt+0238
ì    Alt+0236
Í    Alt+0205
Ì    Alt+0204
Π   Alt+0206
Ï    Alt+0207
ñ    Alt+0241
Ñ    Alt+0209
œ    Alt+0156
Œ    Alt+0140
ô    Alt+0244
ö    Alt+0246
ò    Alt+0242
õ    Alt+0245
ó    Alt+0243
ø    Alt+0248
Ó    Alt+0211
Ô    Alt+0212
Õ    Alt+0213
Ø    Alt+0216
Ö    Alt+0214
Ò    Alt+0210

š    Alt+0154
Š    Alt+0138
ú    Alt+0250
ü    Alt+0252
û    Alt+0251
ù    Alt+0249
Ù    Alt+0217
Ú    Alt+0218
Ü    Alt+0220
Û    Alt+0219
ÿ    Alt+0255
Ÿ    Alt+0159
ý    Alt+0253
Ý    Alt+0221
ž    Alt+0158
Ž    Alt+0142
ª    Alt+0170
Þ    Alt+0222
þ    Alt+0254
ƒ    Alt+0131
ß    Alt+0223
µ    Alt+0181
Р   Alt+0208

°    Alt+0176
º    Alt+0186
•    Alt+0149
„    Alt+0132

…    Alt+0133
¬    Alt+0172
¿    Alt+0191
¡    Alt+0161
¥    Alt+0165
£    Alt+0163
€    Alt+0128
¢    Alt+0162
¹    Alt+0185
²    Alt+0178
³    Alt+0179
½    Alt+0189
¼    Alt+0188
¾    Alt+0190

Alt key + Three digits
128 Ç 
129 ü 
130 é 
131 â 
132 ä 
133 à 
134 å
135 ç 
136 ê 
137 ë 
138 è 
139 ï 
140 î         
141 ì 
142 Ä 
143 Å 
144 É 
145 æ 
146 Æ 
147 ô 
148 ö 
149 ò 
150 û 

(Greek letters and
math symbols are
between 224 and 247)

151 ù 
152 ÿ 
153 Ö 
154 Ü 
160 á 
161 í 
162 ó 
163 ú 
164 ñ 
165 Ñ 
167 º 
168 ¿
248 °
250 · (smaller bullet)

Charts For specific languages
(Alt key + 3 digits is to left of accented letters; Alt key + 4 digits is to the right)

FRENCH

133 à (0224)
131 â (0226)
135 ç (0231)
130 é (0233)
138 è (0232)
136 ê (0234)
137 ë (0235)
140 î (0238)
139 ï (0239)
    œ (0156)
147 ô (0244)
151 ù (0249)
150 û (0251)
183 À (0192)
182 Â (0194)
128 Ç (0199)
212 È (0200)
144 É (0201)
210 Ê (0202)
211 Ë (0203)
215 Î (0206)
216 Ï (0207)
    Œ (0140)

SPANISH

160 á (0225)
130 é (0233)
161 í (0237)
164 ñ (0241)
162 ó (0243)
163 ú (0250)
129 ü (0252)
    Á (0193)
144 É (0201)
    Í (0205)
165 Ñ (0209)
    Ó (0211)
    Ú (0218)
154 Ü (0220)
168 ¿ (0191)
173 ¡ (0161)

French Continued

226 Ô (0212)
235 Ù (0217)
234 Û (0219)
174 « (0171)
175 » (0187)

ITALIAN

133 à (0224)
138 è (0232)
141 ì (0236)
149 ò (0242)
151 ù (0249)
183 À (0192)
212 È (0200)
      Ì (0204)
      Ò (0210)
      Ù (0217)

PORTUGUESE
    ã (0227)
    Ã (0195)
135 ç (0231)
128 Ç (0199)
149 ò (0242)
    Ò (0210)
162 ó (0243)
    Ó (0211)
    õ (0245)
    Õ (0213)

Polish

GERMAN/SCANDINAVIAN

132 ä (0228)
134 å (0229)
145 æ (0230)
    ð (0240)
137 ë (0235)
148 ö (0246)
155 ø (0248)
225 ß (0223)
    þ (0254)
129 ü (0252)
152 ÿ (0255)
142 Ä (0196)

143 Å (0197)
146 Æ (0198)
    Ð (0208)
    Ë (0203)
153 Ö (0214)
157 Ø (0216)
    Þ (0222)
154 Ü (0220)

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(Since I am unfamiliar with these languages, I am unable to determine the tranlation accuracy or keep the sites up-dated. I appreciate suggestions and thank the translators.):

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French translation by Charles:  www.web-media.fr/creation-de-site/ or click here

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