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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Special Character Keyboard Shortcuts

Wondering how someone makes a Heart, Arrow or even a TM trademark symbol with their Keyboard?
 
All you need to do is Hold down your "ALT" key and press another key on the keyboard to create a symbol. Here is a list of some you can make. Have Fun!

·                     Alt + 0153..... ™... trademark symbol
·                     Alt + 0169.... ©.... copyright symbol
·                     Alt + 0174..... ®... .registered trademark symbol
·                     Alt + 0176 ...°....... .degree symbol
·                     Alt + 0177 ...± ... .plus-or-minus sign
·                     Alt + 0182 ...¶....... paragraph mark
·                     Alt + 0190 ...¾...... fraction, three-fourths
·                     Alt + 0215 .... ×..... multiplication sign
·                     Alt + 0162... ¢...... the cent sign
·                     Alt + 0161..... ¡...... upside down exclamation point
·                     Alt + 0191..... ¿..... upside down question mark
·                     Alt + 1.......... ☺... smiley fsce
·                     Alt + 2 ......... ☻... black smiley face
·                     Alt + 15........ ☼... sun
·                     Alt + 12........ ♀.... female sign
·                     Alt + 11....... ♂.... male sign
·                     Alt + 6......... �™ ..... spade sign
·                     Alt + 5.......... ♣.... Club symbol
·                     Alt + 3.......... ♥.... Heart
·                     Alt + 4.......... ♦..... Diamond
·                     Alt + 13........ ♪..... eighth note
·                     Alt + 14........ ♫.... beamed eighth note
·                     Alt + 8721.... ∑.... N-ary summation (auto sum)
·                     Alt + 251...... √..... square root check mark
·                     Alt + 8236..... ∞.... infinity
·                     Alt + 24........ ↑..... up arrow
·                     Alt + 25........ ↓..... down arrow
·                     Alt + 26........ →... right pointing arrow
·                     Alt + 27........ ←... left arrow
·                     Alt + 18........ ↕..... up/down arrow
·                     Alt + 29........ ↔... left right arrow

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