Microsoft Word Hints - Symbols Not on the Keyboard

If you ever want to create a character in a word document there are a couple of ways you can do
that. In some MS Word programs if you type dash , colon, left parenses) it will automatically
correct to make a simple smiley face

(r) =

(c) =

1/2 will automatically create

1/4 will automatically create

Here is a miscellaneous list of other basic characters and symbols:Type the number while holding
down the Alt key.

Alt + 0153..... ... trademark symbol

Alt + 0169.... .... copyright symbol

Alt + 0174..... ... .registered trademark symbol

Alt + 0176 .......... .degree symbol

Alt + 0177 ... ... .plus-or-minus sign

Alt + 0182 .......... paragraph mark

Alt + 0190 ......... fraction, three-fourths

Alt + 0215 .... ..... multiplication sign

Alt + 0162... ...... the cent sign

Alt + 0161..... ...... upside down exclamation point

Alt + 0191..... ..... upside down question mark

Alt + 1.......... ... smiley fsce

Alt + 2 ......... ... black smiley face

Alt + 15........ ... sun

Alt + 12........ .... female sign

Alt + 11....... .... male sign

Alt + 6......... ..... spade sign

Alt + 5.......... .... Club symbol

Alt + 3.......... .... Heart

Alt + 4.......... ..... Diamond

Alt + 13........ ..... eighth note

Alt + 14........ .... beamed eighth note

Alt + 8721.... .... N-ary summation (auto sum)

Alt + 251...... ..... square root check mark

Alt + 8236..... .... infinity

Alt + 24........ ..... up arrow

Alt + 25........ ..... down arrow

Alt + 26........ ... right pointing arrow

Alt + 27........ ... left arrow

Alt + 18........ ..... up/down arrow

Alt + 29........ ... left right arrow

Alt + 0167 ......... .section symbol

Alt + 0163 ......... .the British pound

Alt + 0128 .......... .the euro of the European Union

Alt + 0165....... the Japanese yen

Alt + 0156... ...... lowercase diphthong (ligature)

Alt + 0224 .......... .lowercase a with grave accent

Alt + 0225.. ........ .lowercase a with acute accent

Alt + 0226.. ........ .lowercase a with circumflex

Alt + 0227... ....... lowercase a with tilde

Alt + 0228... ....... lowercase a with umlaut

Alt + 0229... ....... lowercase ae diphthong (ligature)

Alt + 0231... ....... lowercase c with cedilla

Alt + 0232 .......... lowercase e with grave accent

Alt + 0233.. ........ .lowercase e with acute accent

Alt + 0234 .......... .lowercase e with circumflex

Alt + 0235 .......... .lowercase e with umlaut

]Alt + 0236 ........... lowercase i with grave accent

Alt + 0237 ........... lowercase i with acute accent

Alt + 0238 ........... lowercase i with circumflex

Alt + 0239..... ...... lowercase i with umlaut

Alt + 0241..... ... .lowercase n with tilde

Alt + 0242..... .... lowercase o with grave accent

Alt + 0243.. ........ .lowercase o with acute accent

Alt + 0244 .......... .lowercase o with circumflex

Alt + 0245.. ........ .lowercase o with tilde

Alt + 0246 .......... .lowercase 0 with umlaut

Alt + 0249 .... ...... lowercase u with grave accent

Alt + 0250 ... ... .lowercase u with acute accent

Alt + 0252...lowercase u with circum flex

Alt + 0253..lowercase u with umlaut