Compose Special Characters with Your Keyboard
In applications that are not furnished with a special characters set you are still able to insert various special characters:
Press the NumLock key so that the signal light is on, keep the Alt key pressed down, and type in the numbers on the number keys at the right side of your keyboard. Then release the Alt key.
ALT + 174 « open-quotation mark
ALT + 175 » close-quotation mark
ALT + 0139 ‹ simple open-quotation mark
ALT + 0155 › simple close-quotation mark
ALT + 0403 “ English open-quotation mark
ALT + 0404 ” English close-quotation mark
ALT + 225 ß sz, sharp-s, double-s
ALT + 0156 œ ligature (bœuf, œuf, cœur etc.)
ALT + 0140 Œ ligature capitalized (Œuf)
ALT + 128 Ç
ALT + 166 ª raised small a
ALT + 167 º
ALT + 0185 ¹
ALT + 253 ²
ALT + 0179 ³
ALT + 171 ½
ALT + 172 ¼
ALT + 0190 ¾
ALT + 0393 ‰
ALT + 0150 – dash:
2–3 hours, Dover–London, EUR 48.– etc.
ALT + 0151 — extended dash:
48.—
23.50
20.—
ALT + 0215 × multiplication symbol: 21×29.9 cm
ALT + 126 ~
ALT + 241 ±
ALT + 246 ÷
ALT + 250 centered point
ALT + 0390 †
ALT + 134 å
ALT + 143 Å
ALT + 145 æ
ALT + 146 Æ
ALT + 152 ÿ
ALT + 230 µ
ALT + 168 ¿
ALT + 173 ¡
ALT + 0248 ø
ALT + 0216 Ø
ALT + 0169 ©
ALT + 0174 ®
ALT + 0153 ™
ALT + 0222 Þ
ALT + 0254 þ
ALT + 0208 Ð
ALT + 0240 ð
(Extracted from: Duboux, M., Duboux, J.-P.: Rechtschreibehilfe für Unterricht und Praxis)
