How to Insert HTML for Special Characters

Copyright symbols are an example of a special character.

Special characters must be included when writing text in other languages, adding legal terms and for many other reasons. These characters are not available on a standard keyboard, and must be inserted in the form of code. All special character codes begin with "&" and end with ";" with a different command in the middle. When an Internet browser encounters one, it will display the desired symbol on the Web page.

Instructions

1. Open the HTML Web page that you want to modify in an editing program. If you do not have an HTML editor, a text editor works.

2. Go to the area where you want to insert a special character.

3. Insert any of the following punctuation and symbol codes into the HTML:

   ¡ - Inverted exclamation point: ¡

   ¿ - Inverted question mark: ¿

   ¢ - Cent: ¢

   © - Copyright: ©

   ™ - Trademark: ™

   ® - Registered: ®

   ÷ - Divide symbol: ÷

   £ - British Pound: £

   € - Euro: €

   ¥ - Japanese Yen: ¥

   ¶ - Paragraph symbol: ¶

   § - Section symbol: §

   ¼ - One-fourth: ¼

   ½ - One-half: ½

   ¾ - Three-fourths: ¾

     - Space: HTML registers only one spacebar entry in any given area. Additional spaces must be accomplished with this code.

4. Modify the letter A with the following:

   Á - Á

   À - À

   Â - Â

   Å - ...

   Ã - Ã

   Ä - Ä

5. Add a cedilla to the letter C with the code

   Ç - Ç

6. Modify the letters E, I and U with the following:

   É - É

   È - È

   Ê - Ê

   Ë - Ë

   Replace E with I or U as needed.

7. Add a tilde to the letter N with the code

   Ñ - '

8. Modify the letter O with the following:

   Ó - Ó

   Ò - '

   Ô - "

   Ø - Ø

   Õ - Õ

   Ö - --

Tips & Warnings

• All letter characters can be in either uppercase or lowercase depending on the first letter in the code. For example, É produces É while é produces é.

References

• DeGraeve: Special Characters in HTML
• University of Texas: Special Characters in HTML