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If you are new to ALT codes and need detailed instructions on how to use ALT codes, please read How to Use ALT Codes to Enter Special Characters.

ALT codes in red are associated with non-printable and non-displayable control characters.

ALT codes with leading zeroes ( ALT 0nnn) produce characters & symbols based on Windows Code 2.

ALT codes without leading zeroes ( ALT nnn) produce characters & symbols based on IBM Code / DOS.

ALT codes without leading zeroes ( ALT nnn) and ALT codes with leading zeroes ( ALT 0nnn) may produce different, or the same, characters and symbols as seen in the chart below.

A Quick Guide to the Table List of ALT Codes When using Windows-based software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, the ALT code keyboard shortcuts are extremely useful when users of these software occasionally need to quickly enter or insert special characters on the document files they are working on. Therefore, ALT Codes are also called ALT Key Codes, ALT Numeric Pad Codes or ALT Numpad Codes.Īdditional groups of special characters that can be quickly entered using ALT codes are: accented Latin letters, non-Latin letters (like Chinese, Cyrillic or Greek letters), infrequently used or uncommon punctuation marks and mathematical symbols, currency symbols, emojis, letter-like symbols, and other miscellaneous graphical symbols and signs. These ALT keyboard shortcuts are called ALT codes because the computer user needs to press and hold the ALT (Alternate) key while typing a sequence of numbers (the codes) on the numeric keypad to insert a special character, sign, symbol or emoji.

Download Free ALT Codes PDF Reference Chart.