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As Unicode included all the characters in the MSDOS code pages, this had the immediate benefit that all the old MSDOS Alt combinations worked, not just the ones that existed in the Windows Code Page. In the IBM PC Bios typing an Alt code greater than 255 produced the same as that number modulo 256. [ 3 ]
Alt+Space then S [notes 10] then Arrow Keys and ↵ Enter (to save new size) Alt+F3 then S then Arrow Keys: Alt+F8 then Arrow Keys / Alt+Right Mouse Button [notes 11] Ctrl+x, then ^ vertically Alt+] (snap window to right half of screen), Alt+[(snap window to left half of screen) Keep window always on top Ctrl+Alt+Esc (toggles on/off) Hide the ...
The Alt key on a Lenovo laptop keyboard ISO keyboard symbol for “Alternate” The Alt keyAlt (pronounced / ɔː l t / AWLT or / ʌ l t / ULT) on a computer keyboard is used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key.
To use alt key codes for keyboard shortcut symbols you’ll need to have this enabled. If you’re using a laptop, your number pad is probably integrated to save space. No problem!
For example, Alt+0 247 yields a ÷, corresponding to its code point, but the character produced by Alt+2 47 depends on the OEM code page, such as Code page 437, and may yield a ≈. Also Alt + 0 1 2 8 through Alt + 0 1 5 9 yield the characters assigned in rows 8 and 9 in the CP1252 layout , rather than the C1 control codes that are assigned to ...
A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and a character entity reference refers to a character by a predefined name. A numeric character reference uses the format &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh; where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form.
This page lists codes for keyboard characters, the computer code values for common characters, such as the Unicode or HTML entity codes (see below: Table of HTML values"). There are also key chord combinations, such as keying an en dash ('–') by holding ALT+0150 on the numeric keypad of MS Windows computers.
An access key allows a computer user to immediately jump to a specific part of a web page via the keyboard. On Wikipedia, access keys allow you to do a lot more—protect a page, show page history, publish your changes, show preview text, and so on. See the next section for the full list.