Special characters on the keyboard: There are these key combinations
Without special characters on the keyboard, you don't get very far in everyday work. From the e-mail address to the display of products or brands with a registered or copyright symbol: special characters are hidden in various places. In this practical tip, we will show you how to get the desired special characters on the keyboard.
The most common special characters
You usually get special characters on the keyboard by pressing the Alt or Alt Gr key and the respective key with special characters. The special characters are usually in smaller font on your keyboard next to numbers, letters and other more common characters. These include, for example, the at symbol for emails or the euro symbol. You get both characters by pressing Alt Gr and the Q or E key. The same applies to square brackets or quotation marks. So you have already covered the most common special characters on the keyboard.
Enter special characters - this is how it works on keyboards with a number pad
If your keyboard has a number pad, the principle behind the remaining special characters is quickly explained: Press the Alt key and then the respective combination of numbers to get the required special characters very easily. We have summarized the most common combinations that you do not receive differently as described above:
- You get the copyright symbol © by pressing Alt + 0169
- You get the Registered Sign ® by pressing Alt + 0174
- You can obtain the trademark symbol ™ by pressing Alt + 0153
- You can get the pound £ currency symbol by pressing Alt + 0163
- You get the female ♀ or male sign ♂ by pressing Alt + 12 or Alt + 11
- You can get the alcohol percentage ‰ by pressing Alt + 0137
In further articles we have described numerous helpful key combinations for you. For example, in another practical tip we will show you how to cross out text in Word using a simple combination.