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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.
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==Latin==
'''Help:Special symbols''' — there are some characters that can not be accessed by all keyboards. Some of them have may have shortcuts generated by basic HTML coding. This can be useful to know when [[edit]]ing foreign-[[:Category:Wiki language|language]] wikis that are written using non-roman script alphabets.  The following tables on this '{{tag|help}}' page list the {{tag|HTML}} keyboard commands required to generate the display of these special symbols and / or characters.
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
 
!width="50"|Character
==Special symbols==
!width="150"|Shortcut(s)
===Latin===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+{{tag|latin}} character letters
!width=90|character(s)!!width=380|shortcut(s)!!width=205|origin / usage
|-
|-
|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>||from the roman [[:Category:English|English]] letter '''a'''
|-
|-
|é, è, ë, ê
!é&nbsp;&nbsp;è&nbsp;&nbsp;ë&nbsp;&nbsp;ê
|<code>&amp;eacute; &amp;egrave; &amp;euml; &amp;ecirc;</code>
|<code>&amp;eacute; &amp;egrave; &amp;euml; &amp;ecirc;</code>||from the roman English letter '''e'''
|-
|-
|í, ì, ï, î
!í&nbsp;&nbsp;ì&nbsp;&nbsp;ï&nbsp;&nbsp;î
|<code>&amp;iacute; &amp;igrave; &amp;iuml; &amp;icirc;</code>
|<code>&amp;iacute; &amp;igrave; &amp;iuml; &amp;icirc;</code>||from the roman English letter '''i'''
|-
|-
|ó, ò, ö, ô, õ, &odash;
!ñ
|<code>&amp;oacute; &amp;ograve; &amp;ouml; &amp;ocirc; &amp;otilde; &amp;odash;</code>
|<code>&amp;ntilde;</code>||from the roman English letter '''n'''
|-
!ó&nbsp;&nbsp;ò&nbsp;&nbsp;ö&nbsp;&nbsp;ô&nbsp;&nbsp;õ&nbsp;&nbsp;ø
|<code>&amp;oacute; &amp;ograve; &amp;ouml; &amp;ocirc; &amp;otilde; &amp;oslash;</code>||from the roman English letter '''o'''
|-
!ú&nbsp;&nbsp;ù&nbsp;&nbsp;ü&nbsp;&nbsp;û
|<code>&amp;uacute; &amp;ugrave; &amp;uuml; &amp;ucirc;</code>||from the roman English letter '''u'''
|-
!ý&nbsp;&nbsp;ÿ
|<code>&amp;yacute; &amp;yuml;</code>||from the roman English letter '''y'''
|-
!æ&nbsp;&nbsp;œ
|<code>&amp;aelig; &amp;oelig;</code>||used in words such as 'encyclop'''æ'''dia'
|}
|}
==Quotes==
The above latin character letters can be changed to upper-case 'capital' by changing the first letter of the HTML code to upper-case.  Thus, <tt>&amp;Ograve;</tt> would make <tt>Ò</tt>.
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
----
!width="50"|Character
===Quotes===
!width="60"|Shortcut
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+quotation marks and characters
!width=60|character(s)!!width=115|shortcut(s)!!width=185|description!!width=275|comments / usage
|-
|-
|&ldquo; &rdquo;
!'
|<code>&amp;ldquo;</code><br>
|<code>&amp;apos;</code>||single apostrophe||used to highlight an 'emphasised' word or phrase
<code>&amp;rdquo;</code>
|-
|-
|&lsquo; &rsquo;
!"
|<code>&amp;lsquo;</code><br>
|<code>&amp;quot;</code>||double quotation mark||used to enclose sections of quoted text or speech
<code>&amp;rsquo;</code>|-
|"
|<code>&amp;quot;</code>
|-
|-
|'
!‘&nbsp;&nbsp;’
|<code>&amp;apos;</code>
|<code>&amp;lsquo; &amp;rsquo;</code>||angled single apostrophe||as single above, but 'fancy' stylised
|-
!“&nbsp;&nbsp;”
|<code>&amp;ldquo; &amp;rdquo;</code>||angled double quotation mark||as double above, but 'fancy' stylised
|-
!„&nbsp;&nbsp;‚
|<code>&amp;bdquo; &amp;sbquo;</code>||lower quotation mark / apostrophe||typically used in [[:Category:Spanish|Spanish]]
|}
|}
==Other==
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
===Other===
!width="50"|Character
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!width="60"|Shortcut
|+other special characters
!width="200"|Example
!width=40|character!!width=60|shortcut!!width=500|comments / usage
|-
!–
|<code>&amp;ndash;</code>||'ndash' - 1.5 times the length of a standard hyphen
|-
!—
|<code>&amp;mdash;</code>||'mdash' - 2 times the length of a standard hyphen
|-
!·
|<code>&amp;middot;</code>||'mid-dot' - located mid-height in the row of text
|-
!•
|<code>&amp;bull;</code>||'bullet-point' - located mid-height in the row of text
|-
!→
|<code>&amp;rarr;</code>||'right arrow'
|-
!←
|<code>&amp;larr;</code>||'left arrow'
|-
!↑
|<code>&amp;uarr;</code>||'up arrow'
|-
|-
|&ndash;
!↓
|<code>&amp;ndash;</code>
|<code>&amp;darr;</code>||'down arrow'
|For use in signatures
|-
|-
|&mdash;
!&
|<code>&amp;mdash;</code>
|<code>&amp;amp;</code>||'ampersand' - common abbreviation for 'and'
|For use in signatures
|-
|-
|&middot;
!€
|<code>&amp;middot;</code>
|<code>&amp;euro;</code>||'euro' - [[:Category:Currency|currency]] symbol for [[:Category:Country|countries]] of the [[:Category:European Union|European Union]] (EU)
|For use in templates
|-
|-
|&bull;
!£
|<code>&amp;bull;</code>
|<code>&amp;pound;</code>||'pound' - currency symbol for the [[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], British Crown Dependencies, and some [[:Category:Commonwealth|Commonwealth]] countries
|For use in templates
|}
|}
[[Category:Help|Special symbols]]
For a non-breaking space (usually used between numbers and their descriptors or units of measurement, or dates), use <tt>&amp;nbsp;</tt>.
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==See also==
[[:Category: Shortcut]]
 
[[Category:HTML| ]]
[[Category:Latin| ]]
[[Category:Wiki syntax| ]]
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