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ASCII & ANSI Character Chart
(In order to make these Special Characters, you must turn on NumLock, then you must use the Numbers Pad and NOT the numbers at the top of the keyboard.)
ASCII and ANSI Characters
Commonly Used in Genealogy & Email
(In the Germanic languages, Diaeresis is referred to as Umlaut.)
Character (Name)
ANSI
ASCII
Character (Name)
ANSI
ASCII
Ä (A Diaeresis)
ALT+0196
ALT+142
ä (a Diaeresis)
ALT+0228
ALT+132
Ë (E Diaeresis)
ALT+0203
----
ë (e Diaeresis)
ALT+0235
ALT+137
Ï (I Diaeresis)
ALT+0207
----
ï (i Diaeresis)
ALT+0239
ALT+139
Ö (O Diaeresis)
ALT+0214
ALT+153
ö (o Diaeresis)
ALT+0246
ALT+148
Ü (U Diaeresis)
ALT+0220
ALT+154
ü (u Diaeresis)
ALT+0252
ALT+129
Ÿ (Y Diaeresis)
ALT+0159
----
ÿ (y Diaeresis)
ALT+0255
ALT+152
ß (German Double SS-Caps & non-caps)
ALT+0223
ALT+225
ƒ (Florin Monetary Unit)
ALT+0131
ALT+159
™ (Unregistered Trademark)
ALT+0153
----
® (Registered Trademark)
ALT+0174
----
© (Copyright Symbol)
ALT+0169
----
¼ (One-Fourth)
ALT+0188
ALT+172
½ (One-Half)
ALT+0189
ALT+171
¾ (Three-Fourths)
ALT+0190
----
× (Multiplication Symbol)
ALT+0215
----
÷ (Division Symbol)
ALT+0247
ALT+246
¹ (Superscript 1)
ALT+0185
----
² (Superscript 2)
ALT+0178
ALT+253
³ (Superscript 3)
ALT+0179
----
€ (Euro Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0128
----
¢ (Cent Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0162
ALT+155
£ (Pound Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0163
ALT+156
‘ (Open Single Quote)
ALT+0145
----
’ (Close Single Quote)
ALT+0146
----
“ (Open Double Quote)
ALT+0147
----
” (Close Double Quote)
ALT+0148
----
‹ (Left Single Guillemet)
ALT+0139
----
› (Right Single Guillemet)
ALT+0155
----
« (Left Double Guillemet)
ALT+0171
ALT+174
» (Right Double Guillemet)
ALT+0187
ALT+175
¦ (Broken Bar)
ALT+0166
----
– (En Dash)
ALT+0150
----
— (Em Dash)
ALT+0151
----
… (Ellipsis)
ALT+0133
----
Complete ASCII & ANSI Character Chart
(Characters 1-127 are not on the Chart, since they are either ones that are used in programming, or are already available on the keyboard.)
Character (Name)
ANSI
ASCII
Character (Name)
ANSI
ASCII
À (A Grave)
ALT+0192
----
à (a Grave)
ALT+0224
ALT+133
Á (A Acute)
ALT+0193
----
á (a Acute)
ALT+0225
ALT+160
 (A Circumflex)
ALT+0194
----
â (a Circumflex)
ALT+0226
ALT+131
à (A Tilde)
ALT+0195
----
ã (a Tilde)
ALT+0227
----
Ä (A Diaeresis)
ALT+0196
ALT+142
ä (a Diaeresis)
ALT+0228
ALT+132
Å (A Ring)
ALT+0197
ALT+143
å (a Ring)
ALT+0229
ALT+134
È (E Grave)
ALT+0200
----
è (e Grave)
ALT+0232
ALT+138
É (E Acute)
ALT+0201
ALT+144
é (e Acute)
ALT+0233
ALT+130
Ê (E Circumflex)
ALT+0202
----
ê (e Circumflex)
ALT+0234
ALT+136
Ë (E Diaeresis)
ALT+0203
----
ë (e Diaeresis)
ALT+0235
ALT+137
Ì (I Grave)
ALT+0204
----
ì (i Grave)
ALT+0236
ALT+141
Í (I Acute)
ALT+0205
----
í (i Acute)
ALT+0237
ALT+161
Î (I Circumflex)
ALT+0206
----
î (i circumflex)
ALT+0238
ALT+140
Ï (I Diaeresis)
ALT+0207
----
ï (i Diaeresis)
ALT+0239
ALT+139
Ò (O Grave)
ALT+0210
----
ò (o Grave)
ALT+0242
ALT+149
Ó (O Acute)
ALT+0211
----
ó (o Acute)
ALT+0243
ALT+162
Ô (O Circumflex)
ALT+0212
----
ô (o Circumflex)
ALT+0244
ALT+147
Õ (O Tilde)
ALT+0213
----
õ (o Tilde)
ALT+0245
----
Ö (O Diaeresis)
ALT+0214
ALT+153
ö (o Diaeresis)
ALT+0246
ALT+148
Ø (O with Oblique)
ALT+0216
----
ø (o with Oblique)
ALT+0248
----
Ù (U Grave)
ALT+0217
----
ù (u Grave)
ALT+0249
ALT+151
Ú (U Acute)
ALT+0218
----
ú (u Acute)
ALT+0250
ALT+163
Û (U Circumflex)
ALT+0219
----
û (u Circumflex)
ALT+0251
ALT+150
Ü (U Diaeresis)
ALT+0220
ALT+154
ü (u Diaeresis)
ALT+0252
ALT+129
Ý (Y Acute)
ALT+0221
----
ý (y Acute)
ALT+0253
----
Ÿ (Y Diaeresis)
ALT+0159
----
ÿ (y Diaeresis)
ALT+0255
ALT+152
Æ (AE Ligature)
ALT+0198
ALT+146
æ (ae Ligature)
ALT+0230
ALT+145
Œ (OE Ligature)
ALT+0140
----
œ (oe Ligature)
ALT+0156
----
Ç (C Cedilla)
ALT+0199
ALT+128
ç (c Cedilla)
ALT+0231
ALT+135
Ñ (N Tilde, also Spanish N "enya")
ALT+0209
ALT+165
ñ (n Tilde, also Spanish n "enya")
ALT+0241
ALT+164
¬ (Not)
ALT+0172
----
ß (German Double SS-Caps & non-caps)
ALT+0223
ALT+225
ƒ (Florin Monetary Unit)
ALT+0131
ALT+159
Š (S Caron)
ALT+0138
----
š (s Caron)
ALT+0154
----
Ž (Z Caron)
ALT+0154
----
ž (z Caron)
ALT+0154
----
þ (Icelandic Thorn)
ALT+0254
----
Þ (Icelandic thorn)
ALT+0222
----
Ð (Icelandic Eth)
ALT+0208
----
ð (Icelandic eth)
ALT+0240
----
™ (Unregistered Trademark)
ALT+0153
----
® (Registered Trademark)
ALT+0174
----
© (Copyright Symbol)
ALT+0169
----
¼ (One-Fourth)
ALT+0188
ALT+172
½ (One-Half)
ALT+0189
ALT+171
¾ (Three-Fourths)
ALT+0190
----
× (Multiplication Symbol)
ALT+0215
----
÷ (Division Symbol)
ALT+0247
ALT+246
¹ (Superscript 1)
ALT+0185
----
² (Superscript 2)
ALT+0178
ALT+253
³ (Superscript 3)
ALT+0179
----
‰ (no cents/dollar, per/mill)
ALT+0137
----
€ (Euro Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0128
----
¢ (Cent Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0162
ALT+155
£ (Pound Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0163
ALT+156
¥ (Yen Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0165
ALT+157
¤ (International Monetary Symbol)
ALT+0164
----
¡ (Spanish Inverted !)
ALT+0161
ALT+173
¿ (Spanish Inverted ?)
ALT+0191
ALT+168
‚ (Baseline Single Quote)
ALT+0130
----
‘ (Open Single Quote)
ALT+0145
----
’ (Close Single Quote)
ALT+0146
----
„ (Baseline Double Quote)
ALT+0132
----
“ (Open Double Quote)
ALT+0147
----
” (Close Double Quote)
ALT+0148
----
† (Single Dagger)
ALT+0134
----
‡ (Double Dagger)
ALT+0135
----
± (Plus/Minus Sign)
ALT+0177
ALT+241
• (Large Bullet)
ALT+0149
ALT+249
· (Small Bullet)
ALT+0183
ALT+250
§ (Section Symbol)
ALT+0167
----
ª (Feminine Ordinal)
ALT+0170
ALT+166
º (Masculine Ordinal)
ALT+0186
ALT+167
µ (Micro Symbol or Mu)
ALT+0181
ALT+230
¶ (Pilcrow, Paragraph Symbol)
ALT+0182
ALT+227
ˆ (Circumflex)
ALT+0136
----
˜ (Tilde)
ALT+0152
----
¯ (Macron)
ALT+0175
----
° (Ring, also Degrees)
ALT+0176
ALT+248
´ (Acute)
ALT+0180
----
¨ (Diaeresis)
ALT+0168
----
¸ (Cedilla)
ALT+0184
----
‹ (Left Single Guillemet)
ALT+0139
----
› (Right Single Guillemet)
ALT+0155
----
« (Left Double Guillemet)
ALT+0171
ALT+174
» (Right Double Guillemet)
ALT+0187
ALT+175
¦ (Broken Bar)
ALT+0166
----
– (En Dash)
ALT+0150
----
— (Em Dash)
ALT+0151
----
… (Ellipsis)
ALT+0133
----
(Invisible Hyphen-width Space)
ALT+0173
----
Created on ... December 08, 2003
Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 George W. Durman
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