So your asking yourself why do I care? Or your asking what is the alt key(this is something you should read your owners manual for.). So I was in the middle of writing another post and became very frustrated because I needed to to add the € mark and rather than copy and paste like I always do. I had to find a better way. So let this be a reminder to my self. How to use these little characters.
Hold down the alt key and use the number pad on the far right of your keyboard to type out the 4-character code. When you release the alt key, the character will appear.
Example: Alt-0169 = © or Alt-0174 = ® or Alt-0153 = ™
Alt-0128 €
Alt-0252 ü
Alt-0129
Alt-0130 ‚
Alt-0131 ƒ
Alt-0132 „
Alt-0253 ý
Alt-0133 …
Alt-0134 †
Alt-0135 ‡
Alt-0136 ˆ
Alt-0254 þ
Alt-0137 ‰
Alt-0138 Š
Alt-0139 ‹
Alt-0140 Œ
Alt-0255 ÿ
Alt-0141
Alt-0142 Ž
Alt-0143
Alt-0144
Alt-0248 ø
Alt-0145 ‘
Alt-0146 ’
Alt-0147 "
Alt-0148 "
Alt-0249 ù
Alt-0149 •
Alt-0150 –
Alt-0151 —
Alt-0152 ˜
Alt-0250 ú
Alt-0153 ™
Alt-0154 š
Alt-0155 ›
Alt-0156 œ
Alt-0251 û
Alt-0157
Alt-0158 ž
Alt-0159 Ÿ
Alt-0160
Alt-0244 ô
Alt-0161 ¡
Alt-0162 ¢
Alt-0163 £
Alt-0164 ¤
Alt-0245 õ
Alt-0165 ¥
Alt-0166 ¦
Alt-0167 §
Alt-0168 ¨
Alt-0246 ö
Alt-0169 ©
Alt-0170 ª
Alt-0171 «
Alt-0172 ¬
Alt-0247 ÷
Alt-0173
Alt-0174 ®
Alt-0175 ¯
Alt-0176 °
Alt-0240 ð
Alt-0177 ±
Alt-0178 ²
Alt-0179 ³
Alt-0180 ´
Alt-0241 ñ
Alt-0181 µ
Alt-0182 ¶
Alt-0183 ·
Alt-0184 ¸
Alt-0242 ò
Alt-0185 ¹
Alt-0186 º
Alt-0187 »
Alt-0188 ¼
Alt-0243 ó
Alt-0189 ½
Alt-0190 ¾
Alt-0191 ¿
Alt-0192 À
Alt-0236 ì
Alt-0193 Á
Alt-0194 Â
Alt-0195 Ã
Alt-0196 Ä
Alt-0237 í
Alt-0197 Å
Alt-0198 Æ
Alt-0199 Ç
Alt-0200 È
Alt-0238 î
Alt-0201 É
Alt-0202 Ê
Alt-0203 Ë
Alt-0204 Ì
Alt-0239 ï
Alt-0205 Í
Alt-0206 Î
Alt-0207 Ï
Alt-0208 Ð
Alt-0232 è
Alt-0209 Ñ
Alt-0210 Ò
Alt-0211 Ó
Alt-0212 Ô
Alt-0233 é
Alt-0213 Õ
Alt-0214 Ö
Alt-0215 ×
Alt-0216 Ø
Alt-0234 ê
Alt-0217 Ù
Alt-0218 Ú
Alt-0219 Û
Alt-0220 Ü
Alt-0235 ë
Alt-0221 Ý
Alt-0222 Þ
Alt-0223 ß
Alt-0224 à
Alt-0231 ç
Alt-0225 á
Alt-0226 â
Alt-0227 ã
Alt-0228 ä
Alt-0230 æ
Alt-0229 å
Alt to your hearts desire.