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.
Symbol | Description | Windows Shortcut | Mac Shortcut |
---|---|---|---|
! | Exclamation Mark | Alt + 0033 | Option + 0021 |
" | Double Quotation Mark | Alt + 0034 | Option + 0022 |
' | Apostrophe | Alt + 0039 | Option + 0027 |
, | Comma | Alt + 0044 | Option + 002C |
- | Hyphen | Alt + 0045 | Option + 002D |
. | Full Stop or Period | Alt +0046 | Option + 002E |
: | Colon | Alt + 0058 | Option + 003A |
; | Semicolon | Alt + 0059 | Option + 003B |
? | Question Mark | Alt + 0063 | Option + 003F |
[ | Left Square Bracket | Alt + 0091 | Option + 005B |
] | Right Square Bracket | Alt + 0093 | Option + 005D |
_ | Underscore / Low Line | Alt + 0095 | Option + 005F |
{ | Left Curly Bracket | Alt + 0123 | Option + 007B |
} | Right Curly Bracket | Alt + 0125 | Option + 007D |
| Soft Hyphen | Alt + 0173 | Option + 00AD |
ʻ | Modifier Apostrophe Left | Alt + 0699 | Option + 02BB |
ʼ | Modifier Apostrophe Right | Alt + 0700 | Option + 02BC |
ʽ | Modified Reversed Comma | Alt + 0701 | Option + 02BD |
‐ | Non-breaking Hyphen | Alt + 8208 | Option + 2010 |
‒ | Figure Dash | Alt + 8210 | Option + 2012 |
– | En Dash | Alt + 8211 | Option + 2013 |
— | Em Dash | Alt + 8212 | Option + 2014 |
― | Horizontal Bar | Alt + 8213 | Option + 2015 |
‖ | Pipeline or Double Vertical Line | Alt + 8214 | Option + 2016 |
‗ | Double Low Line | Alt + 8215 | Option + 2017 |
‘ | Left Single Turned Comma Quotation Mark | Alt + 8216 | Option + 2018 |
’ | Right Single Turned Comma Quotation Mark | Alt + 8217 | Option + 2019 |
‚ | Single Low-9 Quotation | Alt + 8218 | Option + 201A |
‛ | Single High Reversed-9 Quotation | Alt + 8219 | Option + 201B |
“ | Left Double Quote | Alt + 8220 | Option + 201C |
” | Right Double Quote | Alt + 8221 | Option + 201D |
† | Dagger | Alt + 8224 | Option + 2020 |
‡ | Double Dagger | Alt + 8225 | Option + 2021 |
․ | Bullet | Alt + 8228 | Option + 2024 |
‥ | Two Dots Leader | Alt + 8229 | Option + 2025 |
… | Horizontal Ellipsis | Alt + 8230 | Option + 2026 |
‧ | Hyphenation Point | Alt + 8231 | Option + 2027 |
‰ | Per Mille Sign | Alt + 8240 | Option + 2030 |
‱ | Per Ten Thousand Sign | Alt + 8241 | Option + 2031 |
′ | Prime | Alt + 8242 | Option + 2032 |
″ | Double Prime | Alt + 8243 | Option + 2033 |
‴ | Triple Prime | Alt + 8244 | Option + 2034 |
‵ | Reversed Prime | Alt + 8245 | Option + 2035 |
‶ | Reversed Double Prime | Alt + 8246 | Option + 2036 |
‷ | Reversed Triple Prime | Alt + 8247 | Option + 2037 |
‸ | Caret | Alt + 8248 | Option + 2038 |
‹ | Single Left Angle Quotation | Alt + 8249 | Option + 2039 |
› | Single Right Angle Quotation | Alt + 8250 | Option + 203A |
※ | Reference Mark | Alt + 8251 | Option + 203B |
‼ | Double Exclamation Mark Emoji | Alt + 8252 | Option + 203C |
‽ | Interrobang | Alt + 8253 | Option + 203D |
‾ | Overline | Alt + 8254 | Option + 203E |
‿ | Undertie | Alt + 8255 | Option + 203F |
⁀ | Character Tie | Alt + 8256 | Option + 2040 |
⁁ | Caret Insertion Point | Alt + 8257 | Option + 2041 |
⁂ | Asterism | Alt + 8258 | Option + 2042 |
⁃ | Hyphen Bullet | Alt + 8259 | Option + 2043 |
⁄ | Solidus | Alt + 8260 | Option + 2044 |
⁇ | Double Question Mark | Alt + 8263 | Option + 2047 |
⁈ | Question Exclamation Mark | Alt + 8264 | Option + 2048 |
⁉ | Exclamation Question Mark Emoji | Alt + 8265 | Option + 2049 |
⁋ | Reversed Pilcrow Sign or Paragraph Mark | Alt + 8267 | Option + 204B |
⁏ | Reversed Semicolon | Alt + 8271 | Option + 204F |
⁐ | Close Up | Alt + 8272 | Option + 2050 |
⁒ | Commercial Minus Sign | Alt + 8274 | Option + 2052 |
⁓ | Swung Dash | Alt + 8275 | Option + 2053 |
⁔ | Inverted Undertie | Alt + 8276 | Option + 2054 |
⁖ | Three Dot Punctuation | Alt + 8278 | Option + 2056 |
⁗ | Quadruple Prime | Alt + 8279 | Option + 2057 |
⁘ | Four Dot Punctuation | Alt + 8280 | Option + 2058 |
⁙ | Five Dot Punctuation | Alt + 8281 | Option + 2059 |
⁚ | Two Dot Punctuation | Alt + 8282 | Option + 205A |
⁛ | Four Dot Mark | Alt + 8283 | Option + 205B |
⁜ | Dotted Cross | Alt + 8284 | Option + 205C |
⁝ | Tricolon | Alt + 8285 | Option + 205D |
⁞ | Vertical Four Dots | Alt + 8286 | Option + 205E |
∴ | Therefore | Alt + 8756 | Option + 2234 |
⋮ | Vertical Ellipsis | Alt + 8942 | Option + 22EE |
⋮ | Vertical Ellipsis | Alt + 8942 | Option + 22EE |
❓ | Question Mark Emoji | Alt + 10067 | Option + 2753 |
❔ | White Question Mark Emoji | Alt + 10068 | Option + 2754 |
❕ | White Exclamation Mark Emoji | Alt + 10069 | Option + 2755 |
❗ | Exclamation Mark Emoji | Alt + 10071 | Option + 2757 |
❛ | Heavy Left Single Turned Comma Quotation Mark | Alt + 10075 | Option + 275B |
❜ | Heavy Right Single Turned Comma Quotation | Alt + 10076 | Option + 275C |
❝ | Heavy Double Turned Comma Quote | Alt + 10077 | Option + 275D |
❣ | Heart Exclamation Emoji | Alt + 10083 | Option + 2763 |
⸺ | Two Em Dash | Alt + 11834 | Option + 2E3A |
⹂ | Double Low Reversed-9 Quote | Alt + 11842 | Option + 2E42 |
〟 | Low Double Prime Quote | Alt + 12319 | Option + 301F |
〰 | Wavy Dash Emoji | Alt + 12336 | Option + 3030 |
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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