It is easy to make a letter with an acute, tilde or umlaut accent using the ALT key shortcuts on your keyboard. Here is a list of the most used international ALT code accents.
Remember to keep the ALT key down while you type the number.
There are quite a few of them so it is best to bookmark this page (CTRL D) or copy and paste the shortcuts.
| Alt Codes | Symbol | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt 0224 | à | a grave |
| Alt 0225 | á | a acute |
| Alt 0226 | â | a circumflex |
| Alt 0227 | ã | a tilde |
| Alt 0228 | ä | a umlaut |
| Alt 0231 | ç | c cedilla |
| Alt 0232 | è | e grave |
| Alt 0233 | é | e acute |
| Alt 0234 | ê | e circumflex |
| Alt 0235 | ë | e umlaut |
| Alt 0236 | ì | i grave |
| Alt 0237 | í | i acute |
| Alt 0238 | î | i circumflex |
| Alt 0239 | ï | i umlaut |
| Alt 164 | ñ | n tilde |
| Alt 0242 | ò | o grave |
| Alt 0243 | ó | o acute |
| Alt 0244 | ô | o circumflex |
| Alt 0245 | õ | o tilde |
| Alt 0246 | ö | o umlaut |
| Alt 0154 | š | s caron |
| Alt 0249 | ù | u grave |
| Alt 0250 | ú | u acute |
| Alt 0251 | û | u circumflex |
| Alt 0252 | ü | u umlaut |
| Alt 0253 | ý | y acute |
| Alt 0255 | ÿ | y umlaut |
| Alt 0158 | ž | z caron |
ALT key accents in UPPER CASE
| Alt Codes | Symbol | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt 0192 | À | A grave |
| Alt 0193 | Á | A acute |
| Alt 0194 | Â | A circumflex |
| Alt 0195 | Ã | A tilde |
| Alt 0196 | Ä | A umlaut |
| Alt 0199 | Ç | C cedilla |
| Alt 0200 | È | E grave |
| Alt 0201 | É | E acute |
| Alt 0202 | Ê | E circumflex |
| Alt 0203 | Ë | E umlaut |
| Alt 0204 | Ì | I grave |
| Alt 0205 | Í | I acute |
| Alt 0206 | Î | I circumflex |
| Alt 0207 | Ï | I umlaut |
| Alt 165 | Ñ | N tilde |
| Alt 0210 | Ò | O grave |
| Alt 0211 | Ó | O acute |
| Alt 0212 | Ô | O circumflex |
| Alt 0213 | Õ | O tilde |
| Alt 0214 | Ö | O umlaut |
| Alt 0138 | Š | S caron |
| Alt 0218 | Ú | U acute |
| Alt 0219 | Û | U circumflex |
| Alt 0220 | Ü | U umlaut |
| Alt 0217 | Ù | U grave |
| Alt 0221 | Ý | Y acute |
| Alt 0159 | Ÿ | Y umlaut |
| Alt 0142 | Ž | Z caron |
How to make symbols with ALT keys on your keyboard
Alt + 0153….. ™… trademark symbol
Alt + 0169…. ©…. copyright symbol
Alt + 0174….. ®….registered trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 …°……degree symbol
Alt + 0177 …±….plus-or -minus sign
Alt + 0182 …¶…..paragraph mark
Alt + 0190 …¾….fraction, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 ….×…..multiplication sign
Alt + 0162…¢….the cent sign
Alt + 0161…..¡….. .upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191…..¿….. upside down question mark
Alt + 1…….….smiley face
Alt + 2 ……☻…..black smiley face
Alt + 15…..☼…..sun
Alt + 12……♀…..female sign
Alt + 11…..♂……male sign
Alt + 6…….♠…..spade
Alt + 5…….♣…… Club
Alt + 3…….…… Heart
Alt + 4…….♦…… Diamond
Alt + 13……♪…..eighth note
Alt + 14……♫…… beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721…. ∑…. N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251…..√…..square root check mark
Alt + 8236…..∞….. infinity
Alt + 24…….↑….. up arrow
Alt + 25……↓…… down arrow
Alt + 26…..→…..rght arrow
Alt + 27……←…..left arrow
Alt + 18…..↕……up/down arrow
Alt + 29……↔…left right arrow
alt key
On most PC keyboards the alt key is to right the right of the Windows key, as on this Genius SlimStar 8000 wireless keyboard:
