For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+). For keyboard shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another key, the keys to press are separated by a comma (,).

To type a lowercase character by using a key combination that includes the Shift key, hold down the Ctrl+Shift+symbol keys simultaneously, and then release them before you type the letter.

To insert this

Press

à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù

CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter

á, é, í, ó, ú, ý Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý

CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter

â, ê, î, ô, û Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û

CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter

ã, ñ, õ Ã, Ñ, Õ

CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter

ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ, Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ

CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter

å, Å

CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A

æ, Æ

CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A

œ, Œ

CTRL+SHIFT+&, o or O

ç, Ç

CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C

ð, Ð

CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D

ø, Ø

CTRL+/, o or O

¿

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+?

¡

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+!

ß

CTRL+SHIFT+&, s

The Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code

The character code, ALT+X

For example, to insert the euro currency symbol Euro currency symbol, press 20AC, and then hold down the ALT key and press X.

The ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code

ALT+the character code (on the numeric keypad)

Note: Make sure that NUM LOCK is on before you type the character code.

For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.

Note: If you type extensively in another language, you may prefer to switch to a different keyboard instead.

To add accents or special characters, use the number pad on your keyboard with Num Lock turned on.

  1. Press and hold Alt.

  2. Type the numeric code (see below) on the number pad and release Alt.

Shortcuts to new Outlook special characters

Vowels with accents

The following tables list vowels with accent marks and the key combination to press for each one.

Uppercase vowel with grave accent

Press

À

Alt+0192

È

Alt+0200

Ì

Alt+0204

Ò

Alt+0210

Ù

Alt+0217

Lowercase vowel with grave accent

Press

à

Alt+0224

è

Alt+0232

ì

Alt+0236

ò

Alt+0242

ù

Alt+0249

Uppercase vowel with acute accent

Press

Á

Alt+0193

É

Alt+0201

Í

Alt+0205

Ó

Alt+0211

Ú

Alt+0218

Ý

Alt+0221

Lowercase vowel with acute accent

Press

á

Alt+0224

é

Alt+0233

í

Alt+0237

ó

Alt+0243

ú

Alt+0250

ý

Alt+0253

Uppercase vowel with circumflex accent

Press

Â

Alt+0194

Ê

Alt+0202

Î

Alt+0206

Ô

Alt+0212

Û

Alt+0219

Lowercase vowel with circumflex accent

Press

â

Alt+0226

ê

Alt+0234

î

Alt+0238

ô

Alt+0244

û

Alt+0251

Uppercase vowel with tilde accent

Press

Ã

Alt+0195

Ñ

Alt+0209

Õ

Alt+0213

Lowercase vowel with tilde accent

Press

ã

Alt+0227

ñ

Alt+0241

õ

Alt+0245

Uppercase vowel with umlaut accent

Press

Ä

Alt+0196

Ë

Alt+0203

Ï

Alt+0207

Ö

Alt+0214

Ü

Alt+0220

Ÿ

Alt+0159

Lowercase vowel with umlaut accent

Press

ä

Alt+0228

ë

Alt+0235

ï

Alt+0239

ö

Alt+0246

ü

Alt+0252

ÿ

Alt+0255

Punctuation, consonants, and special vowels

Mark, letter, symbol, or character

Press

Inverted exclamation mark (¡)

Alt+0161

Inverted question mark (¿)

Alt+0191

Uppercase C-cedilla (Ç)

Alt+0199

Lowercase c-cedilla (ç)

Alt+0231

Uppercase OE diphthong (Œ)

Alt+0140

Lowercase oe diphthong (œ)

Alt+0156

Eszett or ss (ß)

Alt+0223

Masculine ordinal indicator or degree symbol (º)

Alt+0186

Feminine ordinal indicator (ª)

Alt+0170

Uppercase O with a stroke (Ø)

Alt+0216

Lowercase o with a stroke (ø)

Alt+0248

Uppercase A with an overring, A-ring (Å)

Alt+0197

Lowercase a with an overring, A-ring (å)

Alt+0229

Uppercase AE diphthong or uppercase ash (Æ)

Alt+0198

Lowercase ae diphthong or lowercase ash (æ)

Alt+0230

Uppercase thorn (Þ)

Alt+0222

Lowercase thorn (þ)

Alt+0254

Uppercase eth (Ð)

Alt+0208

Lowercase eth (ð)

Alt+0240

Double left angled quotation mark («)

Alt+0171

Double right angled quotation mark (»)

Alt+0187

Single left angled quotation mark (‹)

Alt+0139

Single right angled quotation mark (›)

Alt+0155

Uppercase S with caron (Š)

Alt+0138

Lowercase s with caron (š)

Alt+0154

Uppercase Z with caron (Ž)

Alt+0142

Lowercase z with caron (ž)

Alt+0158

Special characters

Character

Press

Cent symbol ¢

Alt+0162

Copyright symbol ©

Alt+0169

Dagger symbol †

Alt+0134

Double dagger symbol or diesis ‡

Alt+0135

Pound sign £

Alt+0163

Euro sign €

Alt+0128

Yen sign ¥

Alt+0165

Function sign ƒ

Alt+0131

Currency sign ¤

Alt+0164

Registered trademark symbol ®

Alt+0174

Trademark symbol ™

Alt+0153

Bullet •

Alt+0149

En dash –

Alt+0151

Em dash —

Alt+0150

Section sign §

Alt+0167

Paragraph sign or pilcrow ¶

Alt+0182

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