Keyboard Shortcuts

Save time using these ALT key keyboard code shortcuts to add international accents and symbols to your content.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

Save time using these ALT key keyboard code shortcuts to add international accents and symbols to your content…

Do you need to add international accents or symbols to your content?

The ALT code keyboard shortcuts in this section will help you save time adding international characters and symbols to your content.

Copy and paste the shortcuts into your content or bookmark this page and share it with your content team.

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ALT Key Code Shortcuts

Here is a list of commonly-used international ALT code accents.

tip

Keep the ALT key down while you type the number on your keyboard’s number keypad

Alt Codes Symbol Description
Alt 0224 à a grave
Alt 0225 á a acute
Alt 0226 â a circumflex
Alt 0227 ã a tilde
Alt 0228 ä a umlaut
Alt 0231 ç c cedilla
Alt 0232 è e grave
Alt 0233 é e acute
Alt 0234 ê e circumflex
Alt 0235 ë e umlaut
Alt 0236 ì i grave
Alt 0237 í i acute
Alt 0238 î i circumflex
Alt 0239 ï i umlaut
Alt 164 ñ n tilde
Alt 0242 ò o grave
Alt 0243 ó o acute
Alt 0244 ô o circumflex
Alt 0245 õ o tilde
Alt 0246 ö o umlaut
Alt 0154 š s caron
Alt 0249 ù u grave
Alt 0250 ú u acute
Alt 0251 û u circumflex
Alt 0252 ü u umlaut
Alt 0253 ý y acute
Alt 0255 ÿ y umlaut
Alt 0158 ž z caron

Upper Case ALT Key Accents

Alt Codes Symbol Description
Alt 0192 À A grave
Alt 0193 Á A acute
Alt 0194 Â A circumflex
Alt 0195 Ã A tilde
Alt 0196 Ä A umlaut
Alt 0199 Ç C cedilla
Alt 0200 È E grave
Alt 0201 É E acute
Alt 0202 Ê E circumflex
Alt 0203 Ë E umlaut
Alt 0204 Ì I grave
Alt 0205 Í I acute
Alt 0206 Î I circumflex
Alt 0207 Ï I umlaut
Alt 165 Ñ N tilde
Alt 0210 Ò O grave
Alt 0211 Ó O acute
Alt 0212 Ô O circumflex
Alt 0213 Õ O tilde
Alt 0214 Ö O umlaut
Alt 0138 Š S caron
Alt 0218 Ú U acute
Alt 0219 Û U circumflex
Alt 0220 Ü U umlaut
Alt 0217 Ù U grave
Alt 0221 Ý Y acute
Alt 0159 Ÿ Y umlaut
Alt 0142 Ž Z caron

ALT Key Symbols

Alt Codes Symbol Description
Alt + 0153 trademark symbol
Alt + 0169 © copyright symbol
Alt + 0174 ® registered trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 ° degree symbol
Alt + 0177 ± plus-minus symbol
Alt + 0182 paragraph
Alt + 0190 ¾ fractio­n, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 × multiplication sign
Alt + 0162 ¢ cent sign
Alt + 0161 ¡ upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191 ¿ upside down question mark
Alt + 1 smiley face
Alt + 2 black smiley face
Alt + 3 heart
Alt + 4 diamond
Alt + 5 club
Alt + 6 spade
Alt + 7 bullet
Alt + 8 inverse bullet
Alt + 9 white circle
Alt + 10 inverse white circle
Alt + 11 male sign
Alt + 12 female sign
Alt + 13 eighth note
Alt + 14 beamed eighth note
Alt + 15 sun
Alt + 16 black right-pointing pointer
Alt + 17 black left-pointing pointer
Alt + 18 up/down arrow
Alt + 19 double exclamation mark
Alt + 20 paragraph symbol
Alt + 21 § section sign
Alt + 22 black rectangle
Alt + 23 up\down arrow
Alt + 24 up arrow
Alt + 25 down arrow
Alt + 26 right arrow
Alt + 27 left arrow
Alt + 28 right angle
Alt + 29 left/right arrow
Alt + 228 Σ auto sum
Alt + 251 square root
Alt + 236 infinity symbol

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