Friday, May 14, 2010

How to make Symbols with a Keyboard

Wondering how someone makes a Heart, Arrow or even a TM trademark symbol with their Keyboard?


All you need to do is Hold down your "ALT" key and press another key on the keyboard to create a symbol. Here is a list of some you can make. Have Fun!


•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 fsce


•Alt + 2 ......... ☻... black smiley face


•Alt + 15........ ☼... sun


•Alt + 12........ ♀.... female sign


•Alt + 11....... ♂.... male sign


•Alt + 6......... ♠..... spade sign


•Alt + 5.......... ♣.... Club symbol


•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........ →... right pointing arrow


•Alt + 27........ ←... left arrow


•Alt + 18........ ↕..... up/down arrow


•Alt + 29........ ↔... left right arrow