Alt-key Codes for Accented and Foreign Letters

 

Dr. David N. Wigtil

Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland

 

 

“Alt” column:  ASCII codes for direct keyboard entry of some foreign letters into word processors on Windows systems, using the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard

“Ctrl” column:  Microsoft Word shortcut keystrokes.

 

Quotation marks (European style):

«          Alt + 0171

»          Alt + 0187      

 

Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish:

á          Alt + 0225       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then a.

é          Alt + 0233       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then e.

í           Alt + 0237       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then i.

ó          Alt + 0243       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then o.

ú          Alt + 0250       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then u.

ñ          Alt + 0241       Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde), then n.

Á         Alt + 0193       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then A.

É          Alt + 0201       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then E.

Í           Alt + 0205       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then I.

Ó         Alt + 0211       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then O.

Ú         Alt + 0218       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then U.

Ñ         Alt + 0209       Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde), then N.

¿          Alt + 0191       Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ?

¡           Alt + 0161       Ctrl + Alt + Shift + !

 

French French French French French French French:

à          Alt + 0224       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then a.

á          Alt + 0225       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then a.

â          Alt + 0226       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then a.

è          Alt + 0232       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then e.

é          Alt + 0233       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then e.

ê          Alt + 0234       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then e.

ë          Alt + 0235       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then e.

ì           Alt + 0236       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then i.

í           Alt + 0237       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then i.

î           Alt + 0238       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then i.

ï           Alt + 0239       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then i.

ò          Alt + 0242       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then o.

ó          Alt + 0243       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then o.

ô          Alt + 0244       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then o.

œ                                 Ctrl + Shift + 7, then o.

ù          Alt + 0249       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then u.

ú          Alt + 0250       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then u.

û          Alt + 0251       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then u.

ç          Alt + 0231       Ctrl + , (comma), then c.

 

À         Alt + 0192       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then A.

Á         Alt + 0193       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then A.

         Alt + 0194       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then A.

È          Alt + 0200       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then E.

É          Alt + 0201       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then E.

Ê          Alt + 0202       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then E.

Ë          Alt + 0203       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then E.

Ì           Alt + 0204       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then I.

Í           Alt + 0205       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then I.

Π          Alt + 0206       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then I.

Ï           Alt + 0207       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then I.

Ò         Alt + 0210       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then O.

Ó         Alt + 0211       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then O.

Ô         Alt + 0212       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then O.

Œ                                 Ctrl + Shift + 7, then O.

Ù         Alt + 0217       Ctrl + ` (reversed apostrophe), then U.

Ú         Alt + 0218       Ctrl + ’ (apostrophe), then U.

Û         Alt + 0219       Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret), then U.

Ç         Alt + 0199       Ctrl + , (comma), then C.

 

German German German German German German German:

ä          Alt + 0228       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then a.

ö          Alt + 0246       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then o.

ü          Alt + 0252       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then u.

ß          Alt + 0223       Ctrl + Shift + 7, then s.

Ä         Alt + 0196       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then A.

Ö         Alt + 0214       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then O.

Ü         Alt + 0220       Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then U.