• Keyboard Symbols

How to Make Keyboard Symbols with the "Alt" Key and Numeric Keypad:

Copyright (©) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 9

Trademark (™) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 3

Registered (®) is Alt, 0, 1, 7, 4

Bullet (•) is Alt, 0, 1, 4, 9

Ellipsis (...) is Alt, 0, 1, 3, 3

"N" Dash (–) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 0

"M" Dash (—) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 1

Pound (£) is Alt 0, 1, 6, 3

Cents (¢) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 2

One-half (½) is Alt, 0, 1, 8, 9

French accent (à) is Alt, 0, 2, 2, 4

French accent (ç) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 1

French accent (è) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 2

French accent (é) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 3

French accent (ê) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 4

German accent (ü) is Alt, 0, 2, 5, 2

Spanish accent (ñ) is Alt, 0, 2, 4, 1

Making Graphics with Text Fonts:


Smiley face☺ is Alt, 1

Heart ♥ is Alt, 3

Diamond ♦ is Alt, 4

Club ♣ is Alt, 5

Spade ♠ is Alt, 6

Bullet • is Alt, 7

Bullet ◘ is Alt, 8

Music Notes ♫ is Alt, 1, 4

Sun ☼ is Alt, 1, 5

(Heart border = Alt, 3 repeated, using Times New Roman 12 point font.)
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How to Create Wingdings:

ITC Zapf Dingbats (including hearts):
You won't be able to see the graphics below without the Dingbats font installed (hearts, arrows, star, bullet, etc.).

Either use the "Insert" function as instructed above, or the following sampling of keyboard shortcuts (you'll find more at Insert, Symbol):

Heart symbol (¤) is Alt 0, 1, 6, 4

Heart symbol (ª) is Alt 0, 1, 7, 0

Divider heart symbol ( ¦ ) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 6

Divider heart symbol (§) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 7

Scissors symbol ( " ) is Alt, 0, 3, 4 (for coupon cutting)

Checkmark symbol ( 4 ) is Alt, 0, 5, 2

X Checkmark Symbol ( 8 ) is Alt, 0, 0, 5, 6

Star Symbol ( H ) is Alt, 0, 7, 2

Check Box Symbol ( o ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 1

Arrow Symbol ( Ü ) is Alt, 0, 2, 2, 0

Another Cool Bullet ( u ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 7

¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
(Alt, 0, 1, 6, 6 - Dingbat heart border - it looks great, but you can only see it if you have Dingbats installed on your computer.)