How to Insert Symbols using ALT Key?

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If you are already familiar with using alt codes, simply select the alt code category you need from the table below.
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List of Alt Codes used for Punctuation, Editing, Parenthesis, Quotation etc.
ALT Codes for Punctuation Interrogetary and Exclamatory
Alt Code Symbol Description
Alt 33         !      Exclamation Mark
Alt 19        ‼      Double Exclamation
Alt 173      ¡      Inverted exclamation mark
Alt 63       ?      Question Mark
Alt 168      ¿     inverted question mark

 Alt Codes for Parenthesis

Alt Code Symbol Description

Alt 40       (   Open Bracket
Alt 41       )    Close Bracked
Alt 91       [    Open Square Bracket
Alt 93       ]   Close Square Bracket
Alt 123    {   Open curley bracket
Alt 125     }   Close curley bracket

Alt Codes for Editing

Alt Code Symbol Description

Alt 28         ∟ Tab Marker
Alt 21         § Paragraph
Alt 20         ¶ Carriage Return
Alt 0134     † dagger / obelos
Alt 0135     ‡ double dagger / diesis

Reported Speech / Quotation

Alt Code Symbol Description

Alt 34        "          Quotation Mark
Alt 0139    ‹ quotation mark
Alt 0155    › quotation mark
Alt 0145     ‘ curly single open quote
Alt 0146    ’ curly single close quote
Alt 0147    “ curly double open quote
Alt 0148    ” curly double close quote
Alt 174     « Quotation Mark
Alt 175     »  Quotation Mark
Alt 0130    ‘ curly single quote
Alt 0132    „ low curly doublequote

Alt Codes for Abbreviation

Alt Code Symbol Description

Alt 39    '   Apostraphe
Alt 96    `   Angled Apostraphe
Alt 38   &   Ampersand
Alt 64   @   At Symbol

Alt Codes for General Punctuation

Alt 58   :   Colon
Alt 59    ;   Semi-Colon
Alt 44    ,  Comma
Alt 46    .   Full Stop / Period
Alt 32              Space
Alt 255            
Alternative Space
Alt 0133   … dot dot dot / ellipsisAlt 95        _ Underscore
Alt 0175    ¯ overscore
Alt 124     | Bar
Alt 126     ~ Tilda/Squiggle
Alt 0168    ¨ diaresis
Alt 45        - Dash or Hyphen
Alt 0151    — Longer Dash or Hyphen
Alt 22        ▬ Long Hyphon
Alt 42        * Asterisk
Alt 47        / Slash
Alt 92        \ Back Slash

1º and 1ª mean 1st in some languages

Alt 166    ª a   superscript
Alt 167    º o  superscript

Archaic Punctuation Alt Codes

Alt 0183    ·     interpunct