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You can find a nice list of alt-codes and their corresponding characters at this Penn State reference, or this printable sheet.
#NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES CHARACTERS CODE#
They’ll work in pretty much any Windows program, you just need to find the proper alt code to use for the symbol you want, hold down the “alt” key and type the code in using the number pad on your keyboard (it generally doesn’t work if you use the row of numbers on your keyboard). Note on these shortcuts: You may have to push the “shift” key in addition on many of these shortcuts, depending on how your keyboard is laid out, just like you would to get to that character in the first place on that particular key.Īnother other option, if you’re not using either of those programs, is to use what are called “alt codes.” Basically, alt codes are a way to input characters and symbols by inputting the code for that symbol. Alt+Ctrl+! creates an upside-down exclamation mark (¡).Alt+Ctrl+? creates an upside-down question mark (¿).Ctrl+/ adds a slash through the letters o and O used primarily in Danish and Norwegian (ø).Ctrl+, adds a cedilla to the character typed next (ç for example).Ctrl+& creates combination or Germanic characters based on the character typed next (æ for example).adds a degree symbol above the letters a and A (like å) used primarily in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.Ctrl+: adds a dieresis or umlaut to the character typed next (ä).Ctrl+~ adds a tilde to the character typed next (ã).Ctrl+^ adds a circumflex to the character typed next (â).Ctrl+` adds a grave accent to the character typed next (á).Ctrl+’ when followed by d or D, creates the old English character “eth” (ð).Ctrl+’ adds an acute accent to the character typed next (à).If you’re trying to type out in a language that use the Latin alphabet (like most North and South American, European and African countries use, according to Wikipedia) the process is fairly easy if you’re using Microsoft Word or Outlook as they have built-in short cuts for this: So how do you get those special characters on paper? While it’s not a big deal if you’re trying to read or speak the language, what if you have to write the language? You’ll notice those characters aren’t part of the normal US English keyboard. If you’re trying to learn a foreign language at all, it’s fairly obvious that many other languages use characters that are similar to ours, but include accents, umlauts, and other symbols.