Click the symbol you want to use. The symbol's code will be displayed in the lower right corner of the window. Press the "Num Lock" key to activate the numeric keypad on your keyboard.

To use alt key codes for keyboard symbol shortcuts, you’ll need to enable this. Many laptop keyboards don’t have a number pad and may not even have a NumLock key.

If ALT codes are not working on your Windows 11/10 PC, here are some suggestions that will help you fix the issue. ALT codes are used to enter special characters and symbols on your PC.

Keyboard shortcuts are available for commonly used symbols in Office 365 documents. For example, the legal symbol for “copyright,” ©, can be inserted into a document by using the keyboard ...

These codes require you to hold down the Alt key and type a series of numbers on the numpad. The degree symbol code is Alt + 0176. As soon as you let go of the Alt key, the symbol should appear.

Tips Pressing the "Alt" key and a number code on your numeric keypad also inserts accented letters. For example, press and hold "Alt" and type "0193" on the numeric keypad to insert Á.