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Special Characters

In applications that are not furnished with a special characters set you are still able to insert various special characters:
Press the NumLock key so that the signal light is on, keep the ALT key pressed down, and type in the numbers on the number keys at the right side of your keyboard. Then release the Alt key.

ALT + 174 « open-quotation mark ALT + 134 å
ALT + 175 » close-quotation mark ALT + 143 Å
ALT + 0139 simple open-quotation mark ALT + 145 æ
ALT + 0155 simple close-quotation mark ALT + 146 Æ
ALT + 0403 " English open-quotation mark ALT + 152 ÿ
ALT + 0404 " English close-quotation mark ALT + 230 µ
ALT + 225 ß sz, sharp-s, double-s ALT + 168 ¿
ALT + 0156 œ ligature (bœuf, œuf, cœur etc.) ALT + 173 ¡
ALT + 0140 Œ ligature capitalized (Œuf) ALT + 0248 ø
ALT + 128 Ç   ALT + 0216 Ø
ALT + 166 ª raised small a ALT + 0169 ©
ALT + 167 º raised small o ALT + 0174 ®
ALT + 0185 ¹   ALT + 0153
ALT + 253 ² ALT + 0222 Þ
ALT + 0179 ³   ALT + 0254 þ
ALT + 171 ½   ALT + 0208 Ð
ALT + 172 ¼   ALT + 0240 ð
ALT + 0190 ¾      
ALT + 0393      
ALT + 0150 Dash:
18–20 Uhr
Dover–London
EUR  48.– etc.
   
ALT + 0151 extended dash (usually the width of two digits):
48.—
23.50
20.—
   
ALT + 0215 × multiplication symbol:
21×29.9 cm
   
ALT + 126 ~      
ALT + 241 ±      
ALT + 246 ÷      
ALT + 250 · centered point    
ALT + 0390      
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(Extracted from: Duboux: Rechtschreibehilfe für Unterricht und Praxis)