Codes for Non-English Letters

[Stewart]

To enter a non-English character you can hold down the Alt key while entering a three digit number on your numeric keypad. Below is the list of characters available.

• â, Alt + 131
• ä, Alt + 132
• à, Alt + 133
• å, Alt + 134
• æ, Alt + 145
• á, Alt + 160
• ã, Alt + 198

• Â, Alt + 182
• Ä, Alt + 142
• À, Alt + 183
• Å, Alt + 143
• Æ, Alt + 146
• Á, Alt + 181
• Ã, Alt + 199

• ç, Alt + 135

• Ç, Alt + 128

• é, Alt + 130
• ê, Alt + 136
• ë, Alt + 137
• è, Alt + 138

• É, Alt + 144
• Ê, Alt + 210
• Ë, Alt + 211
• È, Alt + 212

• ï, Alt + 139
• î, Alt + 140
• ì, Alt + 141
• í, Alt + 161

• Ï, Alt + 216
• Î, Alt + 215
• Ì, Alt + 222
• Í, Alt + 214

• ñ, Alt + 164

• Ñ, Alt + 165

• ô, Alt + 147
• ö, Alt + 148
• ò, Alt + 149
• ó, Alt + 162
• õ, Alt + 228
• ø, Alt + 155

• Ô, Alt + 226
• Ö, Alt + 153
• Ò, Alt + 227
• Ó, Alt + 224
• Õ, Alt + 229
• Ø, Alt + 157

• ß, Alt + 225

• ü, Alt + 129
• û, Alt + 150
• ù, Alt + 151
• ú, Alt + 163

• Ü, Alt + 154
• Û, Alt + 234
• Ù, Alt + 235
• Ú, Alt + 233

• þ, Alt + 231
• Þ, Alt + 232

• ð, Alt + 208
• Ð, Alt + 209

• ÿ, Alt + 152
• ý, Alt + 236
• Ý, Alt + 237

[John Self]

Ooh, very handy. Does this work on a Mac?

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by John Self

Ooh, very handy. Does this work on a Mac?

I have no idea as I don't use them. On reflection, it probably only works for Windows with a UK setting. If anyone outwith the UK can let me know if it works, I'd be grateful.

Ideally, I'd like a little drop down pick-a-character box amongst the editing/posting options.

[LizzySiddal]

Brilliant. Thanks, Stewart.

[Beth]

For the US-International keyboard, it's a bit different. You have to first install the keyboard and designate it as your default. Tricky, but it's in the control panel under languages. Then,

Press this key- Then press this key- Resultant character
' - C - Ç
' -e,y,u,i,o,a- é,ý,ú,í,ó,á
'' -e,u,i,o- ë,ü,ï,ö,ä
` (accent grave)- e,u,i,o- è,ù,ì,ò
~ (tilde) -o,n- õ,ñ
^ (caret) -e,u,i,o,a -ê,û,î,ô,â




There are also ways to enter ©€£¤¥×åþ¿«»§ðÐøض°æÆ¢µçÇ -all of these. I obtained the list from www.support.microsoft.com/kb/306560

Good luck,
Ms Umlaut

[obooki]

I just want to check out various entity reference codes:

ξ π é ñ

[obooki]

no, doesn't work then

[Eric]

I use the list that Stewart outlines at the beginning of this thread. On Word Perfect you can construct a keyboard to include the signs, but I tend to just do the Alt + thing, as I rarely need to write long texts using the accents.

I've found a few others, which work for me, and are useful for Eastern & Central Europe:

Alt +

ž 0158
Ž 0142

š 0154
Š 0138

and for French:

œ 0156
Π0140

as in "œuvre" and similar words

Alt+ 228, the õ, is useful for me when I translate from Estonian. Unfortunately, I can't find any Alt + codes for Polish accents.

[Sybarite]

It's far easier for Macs.

é for instance, is alt e, e – just change the letter after the 'alt e' for any other letter that you want that accent for. An umlaut is an alt u then the letter. ^is alt i, then the letter. `is alt`and then your letter. If you want to put such a character above a capital letter, just use the shift key when typing the letter after your alt X bit.
ç is alt c
¿ is shift alt ?
å is alt a. Å is alt shift a.
ß is alt s
ø is alt o
œ is alt q
∑ is alt w
π is alt p
∂ is alt d
ƒ is alt f
æ is alt '
Ω is alt z
≈ is alt x

[Eric]

In my 15th April posting you can see how to get ž and š, but does anyone know the alt + code for a c with the same accent on top? You need it to write Czech and former Yugoslav names properly, as in Karel Capek.

[Stewart]

Originally Posted by Eric

In my 15th April posting you can see how to get ž and š, but does anyone know the alt + code for a c with the same accent on top? You need it to write Czech and former Yugoslav names properly, as in Karel Capek.

Well, looking in Microsoft Word's Insert Symbol option, I can see that Č has a Unicode value of 010C (or a ASCII value of 0020) and this page says to Use Alt, plus + and then enter the code. I get the little square symbol that I usually get with Chinese/Japanese/Russian websites where Unicode isn't used, because the Č obviously isn't in my laptop's installed language packs.