Alt Code Keyboard Shortcuts for Punctuation Symbols

Punctuation makes your writing expressive and meaningful. In a dictionary form, there are few generally used punctuation marks available like comma, colon, semicolon, etc. However, you can use many symbols as punctuation marks in broader sense. The good part is that you can use alt code keyboard shortcuts to insert these punctuation symbols on your Windows and Mac documents easily. Get the complete list of alt code keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Punctuation Symbols

In the below table we have given the complete list of punctuation symbols with Windows and Mac shortcuts.

Insert Punctuation Symbols in Windows

• On Windows documents, you can hold one of the alt key on your keyboard and press the code using number pad. For example, Alt + 8263 will produce double question mark symbol like ⁇.
• Alternatively, on Word documents, you can use the hexadecimal code in the second column with alt and X keys. For example, press 22EE then alt and x keys to type vertical ellipsis symbol like ⋮.

Insert Punctuation Symbols in Mac

On Mac documents like Pages, press alt or option key and type the Mac code. For example, option and 2016 keys to type pipeline symbol like ‖. Remember, you should toggle Unicode Hex Input for using these alt code shortcuts.

Note: The quotation symbols may look curly on the browser, however you can make them straight by changing the settings in the documents. Also, symbols showing as square box on the browser will look like a proper symbol on your documents.

Punctuation Emoji

Unicode has few emoji symbols under “Symbols > Punctuation” category. The shortcuts for the punctuation emoji symbols are also included in the above table. However, you can use emoji panel in Windows and Character Viewer in Mac to insert emoji.

Punctuation Symbol Categories

Since there are many punctuation symbols available, you can find more symbols in the below categories by navigating to that page.

• Bullet symbols
• Bracket symbols
• Exclamation mark symbols
• Question mark symbols
• Quotation mark symbols
• Asterisk symbols
• Prime symbols

Punctuation Shortcuts Image Reference

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