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Alt Codes

Here, I will discuss everything about Alt Key Codes, how to use them, and provide a complete list of Alt symbols and codes that you can use.

So, let’s get started…

What are the Alt Codes?

Alt Codes are keyboard shortcuts to type special characters and symbols that don’t have a dedicated key on your keyboard. It uses the Alt Numpad Input method developed by Microsoft Windows.

Previously, there were only three-digit OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) codes.

But, as these codes started gaining popularity, Microsoft has decided to keep them and introduced a new set of Alt Codes, which is known as ANSI (American National Standards Institute) codes. Later, it has been changed to Windows Codes. This new set of ANSI codes are four-digit codes preceding with “0”.

How Many Alt Codes Are There?

In general, there are 256 alt codes. However, I have found 377+ alt keyboard shortcuts that work fine on Windows PC and Laptop.

How to Use Alt Key Codes to Type Alt Symbols?

Typing Alt Symbols using Alt character codes is very simple.

Steps to use Alt codes –

For example, I want to type the lowercase Delta symbol, and 235 is the alt code.

For this, what I need to do is press the left Alt key and type 235, release the alt key, and you will get the lowercase delta sign (δ).

Key Notes:

• Use the left Alt key only
• Use only the numeric keypad (If your keyboard doesn’t have the numeric keypad on the right side, then you need an external keyboard. Windows on-screen keyboard (Windows Key + Ctrl + O) will not work.)
• The Numlock key should be on.

A Complete List of Alt Codes for Windows

Below I have compiled a list of different Alt Windows Codes that includes –

Let’s check out each one by one –

1) Accents Alt Codes

Here is the list of English accents and alphabets with alt key codes –

Alt Codes	Symbols	Descriptions
ALT 0192	À	A grave
ALT 0193	Á	A acute
ALT 0194	Â	A circumflex
ALT 0195	Ã	A tilde
ALT 0196 or ALT 142	Ä	A umlaut
ALT 0224 or ALT 133	à	a grave
ALT 0225 or ALT 160	á	a acute
ALT 0226 or ALT 131	â	a circumflex
ALT 0227	ã	a tilde
ALT 0228 or ALT 132	ä	a umlaut
ALT 65	A	–
ALT 97	a	–
ALT 66	B	–
ALT 98	b	–
ALT 0199	Ç	C cedilla
ALT 0231	ç	c cedilla
ALT 67	C	–
ALT 99	c	–
ALT 68	D	–
ALT 100	d	–
ALT 0200	È	E grave
ALT 0201	É	E acute
ALT 0202	Ê	E circumflex
ALT 0203	Ë	E umlaut
ALT 0232 or ALT 138	è	e grave
ALT 0233 or ALT 130	é	e acute
ALT 0234 or ALT 136	ê	e circumflex
ALT 0235 or ALT 137	ë	e umlaut
ALT 69	E	–
ALT 101	e	–
ALT 70	F	–
ALT 102	f	–
ALT 71	G	–
ALT 103	g	–
ALT 72	H	–
ALT 104	h	–
ALT 0204 or ALT 141	Ì	I grave
ALT 0205 or ALT 161	Í	I acute
ALT 0206 or ALT 140	Î	I circumflex
ALT 0207 or ALT 139	Ï	I umlaut
ALT 0236	ì	i grave
ALT 0237	í	i acute
ALT 0238	î	i circumflex
ALT 0239	ï	i umlaut
ALT 73	I	–
ALT 105	i	–
ALT 74	J	–
ALT 106	j	–
ALT 75	K	–
ALT 107	k	–
ALT 76	L	–
ALT 108	l	–
ALT 77	M	–
ALT 109	m	–
ALT 165	Ñ	N tilde
ALT 164	ñ	n tilde
ALT 78	N	–
ALT 110	n	–
ALT 0210	Ò	O grave
ALT 0211	Ó	O acute
ALT 0212	Ô	O circumflex
ALT 0213	Õ	O tilde
ALT 0214 or ALT 153	Ö	O umlaut
ALT 0242 or ALT 149	ò	o grave
ALT 0243 or ALT 162	ó	o acute
ALT 0244 or ALT 147	ô	o circumflex
ALT 0245	õ	o tilde
ALT 0246 or ALT 148	ö	o umlaut
ALT 69	O	–
ALT 111	o	–
ALT 80	P	–
ALT 112	p	–
ALT 81	Q	–
ALT 113	q	–
ALT 82	R	–
ALT 114	r	–
ALT 0138	Š	S caron
ALT 0154	š	s caron
ALT 83	S	–
ALT 114	s	–
ALT 84	T	–
ALT 116	t	–
ALT 0218	Ú	U acute
ALT 0219	Û	U circumflex
ALT 0220 or ALT 154	Ü	U umlaut
ALT 0217	Ù	U grave
ALT 0249 or ALT 151	ù	u grave
ALT 0250 or ALT 163	ú	u acute
ALT 0251 or ALT 150	û	u circumflex
ALT 0252 or ALT 129	ü	u umlaut
ALT 85	U	–
ALT 117	u	–
ALT 86	V	–
ALT 118	v	–
ALT 87	W	–
ALT 119	w	–
ALT 88	X	–
ALT 120	x	–
ALT 0221	Ý	Y acute
ALT 0159	Ÿ	Y umlaut
ALT 0253	ý	y acute
ALT 0255 or ALT 152	ÿ	y umlaut
ALT 89	Y	–
ALT 121	y	–
ALT 0142	Ž	Z caron
ALT 0158	ž	z caron
ALT 90	Z	–
ALT 122	z	–

2) Currency Symbols with Alt Keyboard Shortcuts

As per the standard of ISO Country Codes, there are 249 countries in the world and 164 national currencies. Here I have provided the list of Currency Alt Codes for some of the popular currencies in the world.

Alt Codes	Symbols	Symbol Name
ALT 36 or ALT 0036	$	US Dollar Sign
ALT 155 or ALT 0162	¢	Cent Sign
ALT 156 or ALT 0163	£	Pound Sign
ALT 0164	¤	Currency sign
ALT 157 or ALT 0165	¥	Japanese Yen
ALT 402	ƒ	Florin currency symbol (Netherlands)
ALT 1423	֏	Armenian dram sign
ALT 1547	؋	Afghani sign
ALT 2046	߾	Nko dorome sign
ALT 2047	߿	Nko taman sign
ALT 3647	฿	Thai currency symbol baht
ALT 6107	៛	Khmer currency symbol riel
ALT 0128	€	Euro
ALT 158	₧	Peseta
ALT 13136	㍐	Square Yuan
ALT 65284	＄	Fullwidth dollar sign
ALT 65504	￠	Fullwidth cent sign
ALT 65505	£	Fullwidth pound sign
ALT 65509	￥	Fullwidth yen sign
ALT 8377	₹	Indian Rupee Sign

3) Math Symbols with Alt Codes

You frequently need to use mathematical formulas or equations while writing mathematics books, journals, and lessons using MS office programs or any other windows application. And thus, knowing Alt keyboard codes for Math symbols would make it very easy for you.

Here is the list of mathematical Alt operators for basic operarions, Pers, bracketing, degree of accuracy, fractions, equality, inequality, powers, trigonometric, integral, and general signs.

ALT Codes	Symbols	Symbol Name
ALT 48 – 57	0-9	Zero to nine numbers
ALT 43	+	Plus Sign
ALT 45	–	Minus Sign
ALT 0215	×	Multiplication Sign
ALT 0247	÷	Obelus / Division ign
ALT 37	%	Percentage Sign
ALT 0137	‰	Per mille (per thousand)
ALT 40	(	Open Bracket
ALT 41	)	Close Bracked
ALT 241	±	Plus or Minus
ALT 47	/	Fraction seperator
ALT 0188	¼	Quarter
ALT 0189	½	Half
ALT 0190	¾	Three quarters
ALT 46	.	Decimal Point
ALT 240	≡	Exactly Identical
ALT 61	=	Equals
ALT 247	≈	Approximately equal
ALT 60	<	Less Than
ALT 62	>	Greater Than
ALT 242	≥	Greater than or equal
ALT 243	≤	Less than or equal
ALT 251	√	Square Root
ALT 252	ⁿ	Power n
ALT 0185	¹	To the power of 1
ALT 0178	²	Squared
ALT 0179	³	Cubed
ALT 227	π	Pi
ALT 248	°	Degree sign
ALT 35	#	Number
ALT 236	∞	Infinity
ALT 230	µ	Micro
ALT 228	Σ	Sum
ALT 239	∩	–
ALT 244	⌠	Top Half
ALT 245	⌡	Bottom Half

4) Alt Codes for Punctuation

Here is the complete list of alt key codes for punctuation marks including exclamatory, parenthesis, editing, qutation, abbreveation, archaic, and general punctuations.

Alt Codes	Symbols	Symbol Name
ALT 33	!	Exclamation Mark
ALT 19	‼	Double Exclamation
ALT 173	¡	Inverted exclamation mark
ALT 63	?	Question Mark
ALT 168	¿	Inverted question mark
ALT 91	[	Open Square Bracket
ALT 93	]	Close Square Bracket
ALT 123	{	Open curley bracket
ALT 125	}	Close curley bracket
ALT 28	∟	Tab Marker
ALT 21	§	Paragraph
ALT 20	¶	Carriage Return
ALT 0134	†	Cagger / obelos
ALT 0135	‡	Couble dagger / diesis
ALT 34	“	Quotation Mark
ALT 0139	‹	Left Arrow
ALT 0155	›	Right Arrow
ALT 0145	‘	Curly single open quote
ALT 0146	’	Curly single close quote
ALT 0147	“	Curly double open quote
ALT 0148	”	Curly double close quote
ALT 174	«	Quotation Mark
ALT 175	»	Quotation Mark
ALT 0130	‘	Curly single quote
ALT 0132	„	Low curly doublequote
ALT 39	‘	Apostraphe
ALT 96	`	Angled Apostraphe
ALT 38	&	Ampersand
ALT 64	@	At Symbol
ALT 58	:	Colon
ALT 59	;	Semi-Colon
ALT 44	,	Comma
ALT 46	.	Full Stop / Period
ALT 32		Space
ALT 255		Alternative Space
ALT 0133	…	Ellipsis
ALT 95	_	Underscore
ALT 0175	¯	Overscore
ALT 124	|	Bar
ALT 126	~	Tilda/Squiggle
ALT 0168	¨	Diaresis
ALT 45	–	Dash or Hyphen
ALT 0151	—	Longer Dash or Hyphen
ALT 22	▬	Bold and Long Hyphon
ALT 42	*	Asterisk
ALT 47	/	Slash
ALT 92	\	Back Slash
ALT 166	ª	a superscript
ALT 167	º	o superscript
ALT 0183	·	Interpunct

5) Alt Codes for Greek Letters and Symbols

Here is the full list of Alt key codes for Greek letters and symbols –

Alt Codes	Symbols	Symbol Name
ALT 225	α	Alpha
ALT 225	β	Beta
ALT 226	Γ	Gamma
ALT 235	δ	Lowercase Delta
ALT 238	ε	Epsilon
ALT 233	Θ	Theta
ALT 227	π	Pi
ALT 230	µ	Mu
ALT 228	Σ	Uppercase Sigma
ALT 229	σ	Lowercase sigma
ALT 231	τ	Tau
ALT 232	Φ	Uppercase Phi
ALT 237	φ	Lowercase Phi
ALT 234	Ω	Omega

Wrapping it up…

So, above was the complete list of widely used Alt Codes. You can save it somewhere with you so that you don’t need to spend time on finding them online. It will enhance your writing experience and saves you time.

By the way above all are the Windows Alt Codes and work fine on almost all types of Microsoft Windows Applications like MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, etc.