Cross as a special character: This is how you make three crosses

Many special characters cannot be found on the keyboard, like the cross symbol †. Nevertheless, you can enter it with a key combination. We'll show you exactly how this works.

Enter the cross sign with the keyboard

Entering the character † is only possible on keyboards with a number pad:

1. To do this, hold down the [Alt] key. You will find it to the left of the spacebar.
2. Now press the numbers 0, 1, 3, 4 on the number pad in the right area of ​​the keyboard one after the other. Hold down the Alt key.
3. Note that the number pad must be activated. You can do this with the [Num] key above the number pad.

Copy and paste cross symbol

If you don't have a numeric keypad on your keyboard, you can copy the symbol elsewhere.

1. The fastest way is to copy from here: †
2. Alternatively, you can use the character table. Enter "Character Map" in the Start menu or on the Windows 8 start page and open the application.
3. You will find all imaginable special characters in the character table. Select the cross (see picture) and click on "Copy".
4. Now you can insert the symbol at the desired position.

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Cross sign on Mac

• On Mac, the cross sign can be inserted with a simple key combination:
• Press the [Alt] and [T] keys simultaneously to insert a cross symbol.

You can read all the instructions in this article.