ALS 3203 - Lesson 4
Using Special Characters (ANSI and ASCII)

REMEMBER: PC USERS - You must use the numeric keypad and have NUM LOCK ON to enter special characters from your keyboard. Remember, these characters are typeface dependent (not all typefaces will have the same characters mapped to the same ANSI number code). ASCII code is no longer an issue for this class and current Windows users. It is presented here only for comparison.

Table 1. ANSI Characters (Windows)
ANSI Numeric Codes
(use numeric keypad)		 ANSI Character
alt 0250 ú
alt 0237 í
alt 0243 ó
alt 0241 ñ
alt 0225 á
alt 0244 ô
alt 0228 ä
alt 0233 é
alt 0226 â
alt 0169 ©
alt 0163 £ (British Pound)
alt 0177 ±
alt 0181 µ
alt 0188 ¼
alt 0189 ½
alt 0153 ™
(trademark sign n/a)
alt 0176 °(degree sign)
alt 0178 ² (square)
alt 0179 ³ (cube)
alt 0247 ÷ (division)
Table 2. ASCII Codes (DOS Text)
ASCII Codes (DOS Text)
(use numeric keypad)		 ASCII Character
alt 163 ú
alt 161 í
alt 162 ó
alt 164 ñ
alt 160 á
alt 147 ô
alt 132 ä
alt 130 é
alt 131 â
n/a ©
alt 156 £ (British Pound)
alt 241 ±
alt 230 µ
alt 172 ¼
alt 171 ½
n/a ™
(trademark sign n/a)
alt 248 °(degree sign)
alt 253 ² (square)
n/a ³ (cube)
alt 246 ÷ (division)
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