# Testing Alt-numeric combinations.. don't mind me **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 26, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648 "2003-05-26T22:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/1 "2003-05-26T22:30:20Z")
I’m just testing these out coz I still want to find that maddeningly elusive “Þ” character! (if I can, of course… I don’t have Character Map on this computer, and not sure that would help anyways) F\_X \*\*! (Alt-00033) " (Alt-0034) # (Alt-0035) $ (Alt-0036) % (Alt-0037) & (Alt-0038) ’ (Alt-0039) ( (Alt-0040) ) (Alt-0041) - (Alt-0042) - (Alt-0043) , (Alt-0044) - (Alt-0045) . (Alt-0046) / (Alt-0047) 0 (Alt-0048) 1 (Alt-0049) 2 (Alt-0050) 3 (Alt-0051) 4 (Alt-0052) 5 (Alt-0053) 6 (Alt-0054) 7 (Alt-0055) 8 (Alt-0056) 9 (Alt-0057) : (Alt-0058) ; (Alt-0059) \< (Alt-0060) = (Alt-0061) \> (Alt-0062) ? (Alt-0063) @ (Alt-0064) A (Alt-0065) B (Alt-0066) C (Alt-0067) D (Alt-0068) E (Alt-0069) F (Alt-0070) G (Alt-0071) H (Alt-0072) I (Alt-0073) J (Alt-0074) K (Alt-0075) L (Alt-0076) M (Alt-0077) N (Alt-0078) O (Alt-0079) P (Alt-0080) Q (Alt-0081) R (Alt-0082) S (Alt-0083) T (Alt-0084) U (Alt-0085) V (Alt-0086) W (Alt-0087) X (Alt-0088) Y (Alt-0089) Z (Alt-0090) [ (Alt-0091) \ (Alt-0092) ] (Alt-0093) ^ (Alt-0094) \_ (Alt-0095) ` (Alt-0096) a (Alt-0097) b (Alt-0098) c (Alt-0099) d (Alt-0100) e (Alt-0101) f (Alt-0102) g (Alt-0103) h (Alt-0104) i (Alt-0105) j (Alt-0106) k (Alt-0107) l (Alt-0108) m (Alt-0109) n (Alt-0110) o (Alt-0111) p (Alt-0112) q (Alt-0113) r (Alt-0114) s (Alt-0115) t (Alt-0116) u (Alt-0117) v (Alt-0118) w (Alt-0119) x (Alt-0120) y (Alt-0121) z (Alt-0122) { (Alt-0123) | (Alt-0124) } (Alt-0125) ~ (Alt-0126)  (Alt-0127) € (Alt-0128)  (Alt-0129) ‚ (Alt-0130) ƒ (Alt-0131) ä (Alt-0132) … (Alt-0133) † (Alt-0134) ‡ (Alt-0135) ˆ (Alt-0136) ‰ (Alt-0137) Š (Alt-0138) ‹ (Alt-0139) Œ (Alt-0140)  (Alt-0141) Ž (Alt-0142)  (Alt-0143)  (Alt-0144) ‘ (Alt-0145) ’ (Alt-0146) “ (Alt-0147) ” (Alt-0148) • (Alt-0149) – (Alt-0150) — (Alt-0151) ˜ (Alt-0152) ™ (Alt-0153) š (Alt-0154) › (Alt-0155) œ (Alt-0156)  (Alt-0157) ž (Alt-0158) Ÿ (Alt-0159) ¡ (Alt-0161) ¢ (Alt-0162) £ (Alt-0163) ¤ (Alt-0164) ¥ (Alt-0165) ¦ (Alt-0166) § (Alt-0167) ¨ (Alt-0168) © (Alt-0169) ª (Alt-0170) « (Alt-0171) ¬ (Alt-0172) \_ (Alt-0173) ® (Alt-0174) ¯ (Alt-0175) ° (Alt-0176) ± (Alt-0177) ² (Alt-0178) ³ (Alt-0179) ´ (Alt-0180) µ (Alt-0181) ¶ (Alt-0182) · (Alt-0183) ¸ (Alt-0184) ¹ (Alt-0185) º (Alt-0186) » (Alt-0187) ¼ (Alt-0188) ½ (Alt-0189) ¾ (Alt-0190) ¿ (Alt-0191) À (Alt-0191) À (Alt-0192) Á (Alt-0193)  (Alt-0194) à (Alt-0195) Ä (Alt-0196) Å (Alt-0197) Æ (Alt-0198) Ç (Alt-0199) È (Alt-0200) É (Alt-0201) Ê (Alt-0202) Ë (Alt-0203) Ì (Alt-0204) Í (Alt-0205) Î (Alt-0206) Ï (Alt-0207) Ð (Alt-0208) Ñ (Alt-0209) Ò (Alt-0210) Ó (Alt-0211) Ô (Alt-0212) Õ (Alt-0213) Ö (Alt-0214) × (Alt-0215) Ø (Alt-0216) Ù (Alt-0217) Ú (Alt-0218) Û (Alt-0219) Ü (Alt-0220) Ý (Alt-0221) Þ (Alt-0222) \*\* Found it! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/2 "2003-05-26T22:41:44Z")
dogbutler ™ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/3 "2003-05-26T22:47:08Z")
**Flammy** dear. You can find any Alt code usig the Windows Character map. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/4 "2003-05-26T22:52:34Z")
\*\*ß (Alt-0223) à (Alt-0224) á (Alt-0225) â (Alt-0226) ã (Alt-0227) ä (Alt-0228) å (Alt-0229) æ (Alt-0230) ç (Alt-0231) è (Alt-0232) é (Alt-0233) ê (Alt-0234) ë (Alt-0235) ì (Alt-0236) í (Alt-0237) î (Alt-0238) ï (Alt-0239) ð (Alt-0240) ñ (Alt-0241) ò (Alt-0242) ó (Alt-0243) ô (Alt-0244) õ (Alt-0245) ö (Alt-0246) ÷ (Alt-0247) ø (Alt-0248) ù (Alt-0249) ú (Alt-0250) û (Alt-0251) ü (Alt-0252) ý (Alt-0253) þ (Alt-0254) ÿ (Alt-0255) \*\* After that, it all seems to start over again… not that I’m going to test it too see if it is just repeats _ad nauseam_! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/5 "2003-05-26T23:01:58Z")
:smack: Of course, I meant “ **to** see,” NOT “too see” in my last post. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/6 "2003-05-26T23:09:54Z")
Oh, and take out the “is” in the last phrase there. Not sure what I was thinking of. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/7 "2003-05-26T23:12:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\ ***Flammy** dear. You can find any Alt code usig the Windows Character map. \*\* **Q.E.D.** darling. Did you by chance happen to actually read my OP, in which I stated quite clearly that: > [@](#): > > I don’t have Character Map on this computer ?? Cheh! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/8 "2003-05-26T23:19:14Z")
Of course not. My eyes glazed over after seeing all those Alt+codes. Although if you want it, you can download it [here.](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q135/3/15.asp&NoWebContent=1) It’s the Win 95 version but should run on any later Windows too. ---
**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/9 "2003-05-26T23:20:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > I’m just testing these out coz I still want to find that maddeningly elusive “Þ” character! (if I can, of course… I don’t have Character Map on this computer, and not sure that would help anyways) How did you find “Þ” when you typed in the beginning of your OP, if you didn’t already know? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/10 "2003-05-26T23:25:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ragerdude \* > \*\*How did you find “Þ” when you typed in the beginning of your OP, if you didn’t already know? \*\* Copy and paste. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/11 "2003-05-26T23:25:21Z")
Well, that part was at the BEGINNING of the post, **before** “all those Alt-codes”… so maybe you could have read that at first. But if not… never mind. Thanks for the link, though. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/12 "2003-05-26T23:36:45Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by ragerdude_ > \*\*How did you find “Þ” when you typed in the beginning of your OP, if you didn’t already know? \*\* **Q.E.D.** might _think_ he knows the answer… when that’s only one small part of it. I’ll give you the full story: Yes, I used copy and paste… from another thread on this forum. (which was was started BEFORE this one) So that was quite handy 🙂 No, I did NOT go through all the testing first, and THEN paste the character in. That’s not my style. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/13 "2003-05-26T23:39:32Z")
If I said That’s just exactly what I was thinking would you believe me? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/14 "2003-05-26T23:43:39Z")
I don’t know… what kind of proof would I have of that?? 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/15 "2003-05-28T01:36:05Z")
Of course, the answer was also [in the FAQ]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119) #post1956119) (follow the link in the “Special Characters” section). ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/16 "2003-05-28T03:51:04Z")
Could be the case, but I didn’t think of looking in there for it. Besides, the number combinations there might have been different to my computer system. (“different to” = “different than” … not exactly bad grammar… just an Australianism that I temporarily picked up from **Spoz** :D) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/17 "2003-06-01T03:48:11Z")
The alt+number sequences for generating special characters would be the same for any computer running a version of Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/18 "2003-06-04T05:59:10Z")
Well, **Spoz** gets different characters than I do. I see no reason to disbelieve him when he says that. (after all, he’s the only one I trust with checking my blog for wierd glitches) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/19 "2003-06-04T19:16:25Z")
Thanks :Þ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648/20 "2003-06-04T21:30:51Z")
No problem! 🙂 F\_X [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-alt-numeric-combinations-dont-mind-me/177648.md?page=2)