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There are some characters that can't be accessed by all keyboards. Some of them have shortcuts. This can be useful to know when editing foreign wikis.
There are some characters that can't be accessed by all keyboards. Some of them have shortcuts. This can be useful to know when editing foreign wikis using non roman alphabets.
 
==Latin==
==Latin==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
{|border="1" cellpadding="2"
!width="65"|Character
!width=110|character!!width=450|shortcut(s)
!width="150"|Shortcut(s)
|-
|-
|á, à, ä, â, ã, å
!á, à, ä, â, ã, å
|<code>&amp;aacute; &amp;agrave; &amp;auml; &amp;acirc; &amp;atilde; &amp;aring;</code>
|<code>&amp;aacute; &amp;agrave; &amp;auml; &amp;acirc; &amp;atilde; &amp;aring;</code>
|-
|-
|é, è, ë, ê
!é, è, ë, ê
|<code>&amp;eacute; &amp;egrave; &amp;euml; &amp;ecirc;</code>
|<code>&amp;eacute; &amp;egrave; &amp;euml; &amp;ecirc;</code>
|-
|-
|í, ì, ï, î
!í, ì, ï, î
|<code>&amp;iacute; &amp;igrave; &amp;iuml; &amp;icirc;</code>
|<code>&amp;iacute; &amp;igrave; &amp;iuml; &amp;icirc;</code>
|-
|-
|ñ
!ñ
|<code>&amp;ntilde;</code>
|<code>&amp;ntilde;</code>
|-
|-
|ó, ò, ö, ô, õ, &oslash;
!ó, ò, ö, ô, õ, &oslash;
|<code>&amp;oacute; &amp;ograve; &amp;ouml; &amp;ocirc; &amp;otilde; &amp;oslash;</code>
|<code>&amp;oacute; &amp;ograve; &amp;ouml; &amp;ocirc; &amp;otilde; &amp;oslash;</code>
|-
|-
|ú, ù, ü, û
!ú, ù, ü, û
|<code>&amp;uacute &amp;ugrave; &amp;uuml; &amp;ucirc;</code>
|<code>&amp;uacute &amp;ugrave; &amp;uuml; &amp;ucirc;</code>
|-
|-
|ý, ÿ
!ý, ÿ
|<code>&amp;yacute; &amp;yuml;</code>
|<code>&amp;yacute; &amp;yuml;</code>
|-
|-
|&aelig; &oelig;
!&aelig; &oelig;
|<code>&amp;aelig; &amp;oelig;</code>
|<code>&amp;aelig; &amp;oelig;</code>
|}
|}
The latin characters can be changed to capital by changing the first letter. Thus, &amp;Ograve; would make Ò.
The latin characters can be changed to capital by changing the first letter. Thus, &amp;Ograve; would make Ò.
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
{|border="1" cellpadding="2"
!width="65"|Character
!width=110|character!!width=150|shortcut(s)!!width=250|description
!width="150"|Shortcut
!width="60"|Name
|-
|-
|&ldquo; &rdquo;
!&ldquo; &rdquo;
|<code>&amp;ldquo; &amp;rdquo;</code>
|<code>&amp;ldquo; &amp;rdquo;</code>
|Angled quotation marks
|angled double quotation marks
|-
|-
|&lsquo; &rsquo;
!&lsquo; &rsquo;
|<code>&amp;lsquo; &amp;rsquo;</code>
|<code>&amp;lsquo; &amp;rsquo;</code>
|Angled apostrophes
|angled single apostrophes
|-
|-
|"
!"
|<code>&amp;quot;</code>
|<code>&amp;quot;</code>
|Quotation marks
|double quotation marks
|-
|-
|'
!'
|<code>&amp;apos;</code>
|<code>&amp;apos;</code>
|Apostrophes
|single apostrophes
|-
|-
|„ ‚
!„ ‚
|<code>&amp;bdquo; &amp;sbquo;</code>
|<code>&amp;bdquo; &amp;sbquo;</code>
|Lower quotation marks/apostrophes
|lower quotation marks/apostrophes
|}
|}


==Other==
==Other==
{|border="1" cellpadding="2"
{|border="1" cellpadding="2"
!width=65|character
!width=110|character!!width=150|shortcut
!width=150|shortcut
|-
|-
|&ndash;
!&ndash;
|<code>&amp;ndash;</code>
|<code>&amp;ndash;</code>
|-
|-
|&mdash;
!&mdash;
|<code>&amp;mdash;</code>
|<code>&amp;mdash;</code>
|-
|-
|&middot;
!&middot;
|<code>&amp;middot;</code>
|<code>&amp;middot;</code>
|-
|-
|&bull;
!&bull;
|<code>&amp;bull;</code>
|<code>&amp;bull;</code>
|-
|-
|&rarr;
!&rarr;
|<code>&amp;rarr;</code>
|<code>&amp;rarr;</code>
|-
|-
|&larr;
!&larr;
|<code>&amp;larr;</code>
|<code>&amp;larr;</code>
|-
|-
|&uarr;
!&uarr;
|<code>&amp;uarr;</code>
|<code>&amp;uarr;</code>
|-
|-
|&darr;
!&darr;
|<code>&amp;darr;</code>
|<code>&amp;darr;</code>
|}
|}
For a non-breaking space (usually used between numbers and their descriptors, or dates), use &amp;nbsp;


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