NWE Help: Web: Authoring: HTML: Special Characters

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Because there are so many different font standards, the following equivalents should be used when you want to add special characters to your HTML documents. Find the character you want, then type the special code as it appears in the second or third column. You can use either numerical code or letter codes --they should behave identically.

If you are using the asWe HTML editor, you can select special characters from the "Entities" menu in the "Markup" menu. The appropriate code will be inserted.

The four entities most often used:

appearance	letter code	numerical code	explanation
"	"	"	quotation mark, apl quote
&	&	&	ampersand
<	<	<	less-than sign
>	>	>	greater-than sign

More entities, including characters needed for Spanish, French, and other foreign languages which use diacritical accent marks:

appearance	letter code	numerical code	explanation
			no-break space
¡	¡	¡	inverted exclamation mark
¢	¢	¢	cent sign
£	£	£	pound sterling sign
¤	¤	¤	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	yen sign
¦	¦	¦	broken (vertical) bar
§	§	§	section sign
¨	¨	¨	umlaut (dieresis)
©	©	©	copyright sign
ª	ª	ª	ordinal indicator, feminine
«	«	«	angle quotation mark, left
¬	¬	¬	not sign
			soft hyphen
®	®	®	registered sign
¯	¯	¯	macron
°	°	°	degree sign
±	±	±	plus-or-minus sign
²	²	²	superscript two
³	³	³	superscript three
´	´	´	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	pilcrow (paragraph sign)
·	·	·	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	cedilla
¹	¹	¹	superscript one
º	º	º	ordinal indicator, masculine
»	»	»	angle quotation mark, right
¼	¼	¼	fraction one-quarter
½	½	½	fraction one-half
¾	¾	¾	fraction three-quarters
¿	¿	¿	inverted question mark
À	À	À	capital A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	capital A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	capital A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	capital A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark
Å	Å	Å	capital A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	capital AE diphthong (ligature)
Ç	Ç	Ç	capital C, cedilla
È	È	È	capital E, grave accent
É	É	É	capital E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	capital E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ì	Ì	Ì	capital I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	capital I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	capital I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ð	Ð	Ð	capital Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	capital N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	capital O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	capital O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	capital O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	capital O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark
×	×	×	multiply sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	capital O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	capital U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	capital U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	capital U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark
Ý	Ý	Ý	capital Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ	capital THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	small sharp s, German (sz ligature)
à	à	à	small a, grave accent
á	á	á	small a, acute accent
â	â	â	small a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	small a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	small a, dieresis or umlaut mark
å	å	å	small a, ring
æ	æ	æ	small ae diphthong (ligature)
ç	ç	ç	small c, cedilla
è	è	è	small e, grave accent
é	é	é	small e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	small e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	small e, dieresis or umlaut mark
ì	ì	ì	small i, grave accent
í	í	í	small i, acute accent
î	î	î	small i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	small i, dieresis or umlaut mark
ð	ð	ð	small eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	small n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	small o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	small o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	small o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	small o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	small o, dieresis or umlaut mark
÷	÷	÷	divide sign
ø	ø	ø	small o, slash
ù	ù	ù	small u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	small u, acute accent
û	û	û	small u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	small u, dieresis or umlaut mark
ý	ý	ý	small y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ	small thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	small y, dieresis or umlaut mark