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Often I find myself wanting to use special characters for my programming or blog post.? Using the windows ALT key or HTML equivalent makes this very easy.? I compiled an easy to follow chart of the most popular to help out with this.

Html Equivalents

Using the html equivalents in your programming or design is very simple. An example might look something like this

[html]? Lobo Links Web Directory[/html]

The result would parse out like this in a browser ? Lobo Links Web Directory

Using ALT Key Shortcuts

Hold down the left or right alt key on your windows keyboard.? While holding either alt key punch in the number combination for the desired special character.? When you release the ALT key the character will appear.? NUMLOCK must be on and you must use the numpad on the far right hand side of the keyboard.

Character	HTML	ALT Key Command	Description
?	?	ALT+0145	Single Left Quote
?	?	ALT+0146	Single Right Quote
?	?	ALT+0153	Trademark Symbol
?	?	ALT+0174	Registered Trademark
?	?	ALT+0169	Copyright
?	?	ALT+0183	Middle Dot
?	?	ALT+0167	Section Sign
?	&brkbar; OR &rvbar;	ALT+0166	Broken Bar
?	?	ALT+0161	Inverted Exclamation
?	?	ALT+0162	Cents
?	?	ALT+0163	Pound
?	?	ALT+0165	Yen
?	?	ALT+0128	Euro
?	?	ALT+0188	one fourth fraction
?	?	ALT+0189	one half fraction
?	?	ALT+0190	three fourths fraction
?	?	ALT+0191	Inverted Question Mark
?	?	ALT+0171	Left Angle Quote
?	?	ALT+0187	Right Angle Quote
?	?	ALT+0185	SuperScript
?	?	ALT+0147	Left Double Quote
?	?	ALT+0148	Right Double Quote
?	?	ALT+0134	Dagger
?	?	ALT+0135	Double Dagger

Click here for more ALT key codes

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