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Greetings, dear readers! Today I will show you how to type special characters on your keyboard using the Alt key. If you didn’t quite understand from the title of the article what we’re talking about, I’ll explain in more detail.

There are symbols that are simply not on the keyboard, but they can be used quite often (paragraph icon, arrow, suit, heart). The question immediately arises of how to write this or that character that is not on the keyboard. How to do this will be discussed in this article.

Here are examples of such symbols:

☻☺ ♣♠◘○♀♪♂☼ ↕☼↓→§

Naturally, these are not all symbols, there are many more of them. You can find a complete table with these symbols just below.

And now I will tell you how to print these characters.

So, already from the name it is clear that we will use the Alt key! But we will need other keys too!

In the picture below you can see all the keys we will need and where they are:

So, to print this or that character, you need to hold down the Alt key and, using the additional panel with numbers, type the code of the character we need (character codes can be taken from the table below). Moreover, it is important to follow the sequence, that is, if you first press 1 and then 2, then a symbol with number 12 will pop up, and if you do the opposite: first 2, and then 1, then a completely different symbol with number 21 will pop up.

For example, the emoticon code (☺) is 1. This means that to print an emoticon, you need to press the Alt key and, without releasing it, click on “1” in the additional panel with numbers, then you need to release the Alt key and the symbol will be printed.

To type an arrow (→) with code 26, you need to hold down the Alt key, then alternately press first “2”, then “6”, and then release the Alt key. The symbol will be printed immediately.

Here is a table of the most common characters with their numbers:

This was the easiest way to print these characters, but not the only one.

There is also such a thing as a symbol table. No, we are not talking about the yellow table above. Every Windows computer has this Symbol Table application.

This application is located in this location:

This folder contains a bunch of all sorts of system files, including “charmap”. In order not to look for it in that giant list, use the hotkey Ctrl + F and type “charmap” into the search. After launching the application, the following table will open:

You need to find and select the symbol you need, then copy it from the bottom line and paste it into the place you need. Quite convenient too!

Every computer user, especially those who actively use social networks, has wondered: what are special characters and where to find them on the keyboard? The answer to this question is not something complicated. The thing is that the keyboard displays only frequently used symbols: letters, punctuation marks, arithmetic operations.

But there are many other symbols in the world. And to use them, you need to know some concepts. Such characters are called special. Their difference is that they are more comic than truly useful.

How to enter special characters from the keyboard?

First, let’s look at the simplest and most understandable input of special characters that are already located on the device’s keyboard. To do this, hold down the Shift key and select the desired symbol.

But do not forget that for convenience, the symbols are separated by keyboard layouts. Therefore, pay attention to the location of the sign relative to the main one.

We use special characters when creating passwords

Many users have wondered how to create a strong password. To do this, you don’t need to create huge sets of different letters, numbers and punctuation marks; just use an unusual icon. So how do you use special characters on your keyboard for a password?

To use a special character when entering a password, you must enable NumLock. After this, you should hold down the Alt key and “+”, then type the required set of characters and get the character we need. But in the password itself it will not be registered as a special character, but will be written in the encoding necessary for this.

Using Unicode on the Windows 10 keyboard

To use special characters on the Windows 10 keyboard, you need to go to the taskbar and request a table in the search bar. And after that launch this application.

In the table that opens, you can select a font. To copy a symbol, double-click on it and click “Copy” in the bottom line. You can also select the character set language.

Enter special characters using the keyboard

The most practical way to type characters is a combination of the Alt key and the desired Unicode. Special characters on the Alt keyboard will be discussed in the table below.

But before you learn about them, you need to understand the principle of entering these characters. To enter the character we need, press the Alt key, then press “+” on the right side of the keyboard and type the numeric command in which the desired character is encrypted.

Tables of special characters for describing text

Now, let’s actually look at what some special characters look like. Many of them are used infrequently.

Name	Symbolism	View	Description
	160		space without breaks
iexcl	161	¡	exclamation point upside down
cent	162	¢	cent
pound	163	£	GBP
euro	0128	€	Euro
	8591	₪	shekel
curren	164	¤	currency unit
yen	165		yen or yuan
	166	¦	dotted vertical bar
sect	167	§	paragraph
uml	168	¨	diaeresis
copy	169		copyright sign
ordf	170	ª	ordinal numerator (feminine)
	186	º	ordinal numerator (male)
	171	«	opening quote
	187	»	closing quote
not	172	¬	negation
	173		place of possible transfer
	176	°	degree
permil		‰	ppm
acute	180	´	accent mark
micro	181	µ	micro
para	182	¶	paragraph symbol
middot	183	·	dot
cedil	184	¸	cedilla
sup1	185	¹	superscript (unit)
	175		the longitude sign is placed on top of the vowel
iquest	191	¿	question mark upside down
	174	®	registered trademark mark

Table of special symbols - arrows

And these special characters are perfect for any schemes. This table is worth having on hand.

Punctuation table

Well, you can’t do without these signs when writing articles. They are familiar to everyone without exception.

Name	Symbolism	View	Description
bull	8226	.	small black circle
hellip	8230	…	ellipsis
prime	8242	′	single stroke - minutes and feet
	8243	″	double prime - seconds and inches
	8254	‾	underscore
frasl	8260	⁄	right slash
Basic punctuation
ndash	8211	-	dash
mdash	8212	—	em dash
lsquo	8216	‘	left single quote
	8217	’	right single quote
	8218	‚	single quote (lower)
	8220	“	double quote (left slant)
	8221	”	double quote (right slant)
	8222	„	double quote (lower)

Table of arithmetic signs

Such signs are a godsend for a mathematician. None of them can be written down without their help.

Name	Symbolism	View	Description
times	215	×	multiplication sign
divide	247	÷	division sign
frasl	8260	⁄	decimal point
minus	8722	−	minus sign
il	60	<	less than sign
GT	62	>	more sign
le	8804	≤	less or equal
ge	8805	≥	more or equal
	8776	≈	asymptotically equal
ne	8800	≠	inequality
equiv	8801	≡	identical, coincides with
plusmn	177	±	plus or minus
frac14	188	¼	one quarter
frac12	189	½	a half
frac34	190	¾	three quarters
sup1	185	¹	superscript unit
	178	²	two in superscript (square)
	179	³	three in superscript (cube)
	8730	√	square root (radical)
	8734	∞	infinity sign
sum	8721	∑	summation sign
	8719	∏	work mark
part	8706	∂	partial differential
int	8747	∫	integral
forall	8704	∀	for all
exist	8707	∃	exists
empty	8709	∅	empty set; diameter
	8711	∇	nabla
isin	8712	∈	belongs
notin	8713	∉	do not belong
ni	8715	∋	contains
lowast	8727	∗	asterisk operator
prop	8733	∝	proportionally
ang	8736	∠	corner
and	8743	∧	logical AND
or	8744	∨	logical OR
cap	8745	∩	intersection
cup	8746	∪	Union
there4	8756	∴	hence
sim	8764		similarity sign - "changes from" - tilde sign
	8773	≅	approximately equal to
sub	8834	⊂	this is a subset
sup	8835	⊃	this is a superset
nsub	8836	⊄	is not a subset
sube	8838	⊆	is a subset or equal to
	8839	⊇	is a superset or equal
	8853	⊕	plus in a circle
otimes	8855	⊗	multiplication sign in a circle
	8869	⊥	orthogonal, perpendicular
sdot	8901	⋅	dot operator
fnot	402	ƒ	function sign

Table of Latin, Greek and Hebrew letters

Not many people, of course, will use these signs when working with a computer. However, knowing about them will not hurt for overall development.

Name	Symbolism	View	Description
Letters
Agrave	192	À	capital A with blunt accent
	193	Á	And with a sharp accent
Acirc	194	Â	A with a circumflex (a diacritic mark above a vowel)
	195	Ã	And with a tilde
Auml	196	Ä	And with three (a sign above a vowel to pronounce it separately from the preceding vowel)
	197	Å	And with the top circle
AElig	198	Æ	AE characters
Ccedil	199	Ç	C with cedilla
Egrave	200	È	E with blunt accent
	201	É	E with acute accent
	202	Ê	E with circumflex (diacritic over vowel)
	203	Ë	E with three
Igrave	204	Ì	I with obtuse accent
	205	Í	I with acute accent
Icirc	206	Î	I with circumflex
Iuml	207	Ï	I with three
ETH	208	Ð	ETH symbols
Ntilde	209	Ñ	N with tilde
Ograve	210	Ò	O with obtuse accent
	211	Ó	O with acute accent
Ocirc	212	Ô	O with circumflex
Otilde	213	Õ	O with tilde
Ouml	214	Ö	O with three
Oslash	216	Ø	O with a stroke
Ugrave	217	Ù	U with blunt accent
	218	Ú	U with acute accent
	219	Û	U with circumflex
Uuml	220	Ü	U with three
Yacute	221	Ý	Y with acute accent
THORN	222	Þ	THORN
agrave	224	à	lowercase A with blunt accent
	225	á	And with a sharp accent
acirc	226	â	And with circumflex
atilde	227	ã	And with a tilde
auml	228	ä	And with three
aring	229	å	And with the top circle
aelig	230	æ	Ae
ccedil	231	ç	And with a cedilla
egrave	232	è	E with blunt accent
	233	é	E with acute accent
	234	ê	E with circumflex
euml	235	ë	E with three
igrave	236	ì	I with obtuse accent
	237	í	I with acute accent
icirc	238	î	I with circumflex
iuml	239	ï	I with three
eth	240	ð	eth symbols
ntilde	241	ñ	N with tilde
ograve	242	ò	O with obtuse accent
	243	ó	O with acute accent
ocirc	244	ô	O with circumflex
otilde	245	õ	I with tilde
ouml	246	ö	I with three
oslash	248	ø	O with a stroke
ugrave	249	ù	U with blunt accent
	250	ú	U with acute accent
	251	û	U with circumflex
uuml	252	ü	U with three
yacute	253	ý	Y with accent
thorn	254	þ	thorn
yuml	255	ÿ	Y with three
Letters of the Greek alphabet
	913	Α	greek capital letter alpha
	914	Β	beta
	915	Γ	greek capital letter gamma
	916	Δ	delta
	917	Ε	greek capital letter epsilon
	918	Ζ	zeta
	919		greek capital letter eta
	920	Θ	theta
	921	Ι	greek capital letter iota
	922	Κ	kappa
	923	Λ	greek capital letter lambda
	924	Μ	mu
	925		greek capital letter nu
	926	Ξ	xi
	927	Ο	greek capital letter omicron
	928	Π	pi
	929		greek capital letter rho
	931	Σ	sigma
	932		greek capital letter tau
	933	Υ	upsilon
	934		greek capital letter phi
	935	Χ	hee
	936		greek capital letter psi
	937	Ω	omega
	945	α	greek small letter alpha
	946	β	beta
	947	γ	greek small letter gamma
	948	δ	delta
	949	ε	greek small letter epsilon
	950	ζ	zeta
	951		greek small letter eta
	952	θ	theta
	953	ι	greek small letter iota
	954	κ	kappa
	955	λ	greek small letter lambda
	956	μ	mu
	957		greek small letter nu
	958	ξ	xi
	959	ο	greek small letter omicron
	960	π	pi
	961		greek small letter rho
	962	ς	sigma (final)
	963	σ	greek small letter sigma
	964	τ	tau
	965	υ	greek small letter upsilon
	966	φ	fi
	967		greek small letter chi
	968	ψ	psi
	969	ω	greek small letter omega
Hebrew letters
	1488	א	aleph
	1489	ב	Beth
	1490	ג	Gimel
	1491	ד	Daled
	1492	ה	neck
	1493	ו	wav
	1494	ז	zain
	1495	ח	hat
	1496	ט	tet
	1497	י	yud
	1498	ך	soffit cafe
	1499	כ	cafe
	1500	ל	lamed
	1501	ם	ma'am spotlight
	1502	מ	ma'am
	1503	ן	nun-soffit
	1504	נ	noon
	1505	ס	samekh
	1506	ע	ain
	1507	ף	pay-soffit
	1508	פ	pay
	1509	ץ	tzaddik sofit
	1510	צ	tzaddik
	1511	ק	Kuf
	1512	ר	raysh
	1513	ש	tires
	1514	ת	tav

Additional symbol table

Here are some other helpful signs. Perhaps they will be useful to you someday too

Name	Symbolism	View	Description
	9824	♠	spades suit sign
	9827	♣	sign of the suit "clubs"
	9829		hearts suit sign
	9830	♦	sign of the suit "diamonds"
	9674	◊	rhombus
	9675	○	circle
	9679	●	black circle
	9668	◄	triangle to the left
	9660	▼	black triangle down
	9658		black triangle to the right
	9650	▲	black triangle up
	9632	■	black square
	9642	▪	black square
	9643	▫	square
	9792	♀	feminine
	9794		masculinity
	34	"	double quote
amp	38	&	ampersand
lt	60	<	"less than" sign
GT	62	>	"more" sign
circ	710	ˆ	circumflex symbol
tilde	732	˜	tilde
trade	8482	™	trademark sign

Finally

There are many symbols in the world that computer users need to use for their purposes. It is impossible to know all of them. After all, humanity over its centuries-old history has created more than a million different codes and other types of information encoded in images, but there are tables of special characters that are available to all users.

These signs have a huge scope, so many will have to deal with them. Entering special characters from the keyboard is not difficult. The main thing is to be able to use the capabilities of your device, and this will allow you to use various special characters for your own purposes.

Many have seen unusual and beautiful symbols decorating a name, message or social media page, but few know where they come from.

In the Windows operating system, characters that are not on the keyboard are encrypted as numbers. Pressing a number in combination with the Alt key produces a special character that will change depending on the number.

Inserting hidden characters

Many people ask the question: “How to enter characters that are not on the keyboard?” This can be done in various ways:

• using a symbol table;
• combinations of Alt with numbers;
• copying from the Internet;
• copying from text editing software (Microsoft Office);
• special online services.

symbol table

Above is a table of symbols that are not on the keyboard. With its help, you can easily insert the symbol you like into the text and copy it to social networks.

How to open a symbol table

Opening a symbol table is very simple. The first thing you need to do is click “Start” and enter the phrase “Symbol table” in the computer search window.

Next step: click on the found phrase.

The symbol table can be easily found by knowing its location in the system. The path is as follows:

1. "Start".
2. All programs.
3. Standard.
4. Service.
5. Symbol table.

In order not to constantly perform many operations and mouse clicks, you can pin the link to the table on the “Taskbar” or in the “Start” menu. This is done like this: hover the cursor over the icon of the open program on the lower taskbar, press the right mouse button to open additional functions, then use the left mouse button to click on the penultimate line (pin the program).

Using the symbol table

In the table you can change the font, view help, and also copy any of the presented characters to the clipboard. To copy them, double-click on the one you like and click on the “Copy” button. To insert into text, you need to place the cursor in the part of the text in which you want to place the element, click on the "Insert" menu, called up with the right mouse button. Or do the same using Ctrl and V.

Additional Symbol Table Options

The functionality of the program in question contains additional parameters, to enable which you need to check the appropriate box. The checkbox is located under the "For copying" line. The main advantage of additional parameters is the presence of "Grouping". It allows you to very quickly search for the required element to insert into the text by category (monetary, punctuation, arrows, numeric, technical). For grouping to work correctly, Unicode ranges must be present.

For example, you can take the infinity sign. To find it, you need to go to the grouping and select the desired category (for the infinity sign - these are mathematical operators). Double-click on it and copy it to the clipboard.

Alt key and number combinations

In order for the symbol you need to appear on the screen, you need to click on the indicated number while holding down Alt. In order not to lose such a useful table, it is recommended to add it to your browser bookmarks or save it to your computer. For example, the combination of Alt and 1 produces the smiley symbol.

Copying from the Web

A very popular way to obtain the necessary characters that are not on the keyboard is to copy them from the Internet. This method is very simple and understandable for everyone, it consists of 2 steps:

• finding the desired symbol or emoticon by creating a request in the search bar of the browser;
• copy and paste to the desired location (text, message, status).

Symbols from Microsoft Office Word

You can also find original characters that are not on the keyboard in the very popular software from Microsoft Office Word. This method is similar to that described earlier. Its essence lies in the fact that first we open the Word program (it is installed on almost every computer), look for the “Insert” tab, and in the menu we find the “Insert Symbol” button. After this, a window appears with a huge number of different symbols. In order to take the symbol you like from Word and paste it into another place, you need to paste the required symbol onto an empty sheet of Word, then select it and copy it (copying can be done using the Ctrl and C key combination).

Online services

Online services that provide the ability to quickly and conveniently select and copy your favorite symbol, emoticon or sign will help you diversify your page on VKontakte, tweets and posts on Facebook, and simply please your chat interlocutor.

Everything here is very simple and clear. Each button is a specific symbol. After clicking on any of them, the selected symbol appears in the window at the top. Below the window there are buttons with which you can change characters (font, size) or perform some action (copy, tweet, etc.). When you click Copy, the character(s) in the selection window are copied to your computer's clipboard. Only then does the user insert them into the message from the buffer.

Categories of hidden characters

All existing symbols that are not on the keyboard can be divided into the following categories:

• numbers;
• fractions;
• Zodiac signs;
• musical notes;
• symbols representing weather or precipitation;
• card;
• chess;
• snowflakes;
• flowers;
• emotions;
• arrows;
• others.

Keyboard secrets: how to write with characters that are not on the keyboard

Keyboard secrets: how to write with characters that are not on the keyboard

Sometimes a situation arises when you need to use a special character in some text, but there is no key with such a character on the keyboard. How to be? There are several ways. If you print in the text editor Microsoft Word 2007, then everything is simple: just select the “Symbol” item on the “Insert” tab. In the drop-down list, select the desired symbol or click on “Other symbols…”. In the dialog box that opens, find the required symbol and press the "Insert" button. You can also insert by double-clicking on the selected symbol.

But what if you work in a simple Notepad editor? In this case, you need to do this. Press and hold the Alt key and use the numeric keypad to enter the special character code. The number keys you need are usually located on the right side of the desktop keyboard, and you can use them by pressing the NumLock button.

If you are working with a laptop, then these keys coincide with some keys for letters. You can “turn them on” with a special combination, usually the Fn + key, on which NumLock or NumLk is written.

Here are the codes for some characters.

●Step by step:

1. Turn on the NumLock button (on the right side of the keyboard)

2. Hold down Alt.

3. And at the same time, while holding down the alt key, type the combination on the number pad.

4. Press Alt.

5. Admire the icon.

●On laptops without a Num Pad keyboard, go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-Screen Keyboard. Use virtual buttons.

● You can also use transliteration to set characters.

● The ALT key also allows you to type standard characters, such as dogs or bullets.

●Do not skip zeros in the code, zero must also be pressed.

● Press the ALT key + the combination of numbers indicated in the code. You need to hold the ALT key without releasing it until you have entered all the digits of the code. Then the symbol will appear.

More symbols:

Copyright

heart

® Reserved

℠Service mark

℃ Celsius

℉ Fahrenheit

No. License plate

℗ Copyright of the entry

℞ Pharmaceutical symbol

℧ Inverted Ohm

☀ Sun

☂ Umbrella

☃ Snowman

☄ Comet

★ Star (shaded)

☆ Star (outlines)

☇ Lightning

☉ Sun (outline)

☊ Ascending node

☋ Descending node

☌ Pairing

☍ Opposition

☎ Phone (shaded)

☏ Phone (circuit) 9743]

☐ Empty square

☑ Square with a tick

☒ Square with a cross X

☓ St. Andrew's cross

☚ Finger pointing left (shaded)

☛ Finger pointing to the right (shaded)

☜ Finger pointing left (outline)

☝ Finger pointing up (outline)

☞ Finger pointing to the right (outline)

☟ Finger pointing down (outline)

☠ Skull and Bones

☡ Warning sign

☢ Radiation sign

☣ Biohazard sign

☤ Caduceus (rod of Hermes)

☦ Eastern Christian cross

☧ Christogram

☨ Patriarchal cross

☩ Greek cross

☪ Moon and star

☫ Farsi symbol

☬ Adi Shakti

☭ Hammer and sickle

☮ Peace sign

☯ Yin and Yang

☰ Trigram sky

☱ Trigram Lake

☲ Trigram fire

☳ Trigram thunderstorm

☴ Trigram wind

☵ Trigram water

☶ Trigram mountain

☷ Trigram earth

☸ Wheel of dharma

☹ Sad smiley

☺ Cheerful smiley

☻ Black smiley

☽ Waxing moon

☾ Falling moon

☿ Mercury

♀ Venus (female sign)

♂ Mars (male sign)

♃ Jupiter

♄ Saturn

♆ Neptune

♇ Pluto

♊ Gemini

♏ Scorpio

♐ Sagittarius

♑ Capricorn

♒ Aquarius

♔ White King

♕ White Queen

♖ White rook

♗ White elephant

♘ White horse

♙ White pawn

♚ Black king

♛ Black Queen

♜ Black rook

♝ Black elephant

♞ Black horse

♟ Black pawn

♠ Black Spade

♤ Pike (outline)

Heart (shaded) or heart

♦ Tambourine (shaded)

♧ Clubs (outline)

♨ Geyser

♩ Musical quarter note

♪ Musical eighth note

♫ Two notes connected

♬ Two notes connected by a double bar

♭ flat

♮ Natural scale sound

✁ Cut off from top

✂ Cut here

✃ Cut from the bottom

✄ Scissors

✆ Public phone

✇ Cassette

✈ Airport/plane

✉ Envelope/email

✌ Victory sign

✍ Signature

✎ Diagonal pencil

✏ Pencil

✐ Diagonal pencil looking up

✓ Checkmark

✔ Bold check mark

✕ Multiplication sign/X

✖ Bold multiplication sign/X

✗ Slanted X

✘ Bold slanted X

✝ Roman cross

✞ Roman Cross 3D

✟ Latin cross (outline)

✠ Maltese cross

✡ Star of David

❛ Quote sign

❜ Quote mark (inverted)

❝ Double quotation mark

❞ Double quotation mark (inverted)

™ Trademark ○= 777