Summary of Special Character Entities

Summary of Special Character Entities This chapter provides a list of special characters that can be used when writing a help topic.special characters list ofcharacter, inserting specialpredefined entitiesentitiesspecial charactersymbol The following special characters can be inserted into text by typing the associated entity name in the position where the special character is to appear. Numeric and Special Graphic Symbols Symbol Entity Name Description & & ampersand ' ' apostrophe * &ast; asterisk \ \ backslash, reversed solidus ¢ ¢ cent sign : &colon; colon , , comma @ &commat; commercial at © © copyright symbol ¤ ¤ general currency sign ↓ ↓ downward arrow ° ° degree sign ÷ ÷ divide sign $ &dollar; dollar sign = = equal sign ! &excl; exclamation mark ½ &frac12 fraction one-half ¼ &frac14 fraction one-quarter ⅛ &frac18 fraction one-eighth ¾ &frac34 fraction three-quarters ⅜ &frac38 fraction three-eighths ⅝ &frac58; fraction five-eighths ⅞ &frac78; fraction seven-eighths > > greater-than sign ½ &half; fraction one-half - &hyphen; hyphen ¡ ¡ inverted exclamation mark ¿ ¿ inverted question mark ← ← leftward arrow { { left curly brace _ &lowbar; low line ( ( left parenthesis [ [ left square bracket ` ‘ left single quote < < less-than sign   no break space ¬ ¬ not # &num; number sign ¶ ¶ paragraph sign % &percnt; percent sign . &period; full stop, period + + plus sign ± ± plus-or-minus sign £ £ pound sign ? &quest; question mark → → rightward arrow } } right curly brace ” ” right double quote ® ® registered sign, a circled R ) ) right parenthesis ] ] right square bracket ' ’ right single quote § § section sign ; &semi; semicolon / / solidus × × multiply sign ™ ™ trademark sign ↑ ↑ upward arrow ¥ ¥ yen sign

Greek Characters Symbol Entity Name Description Lowercase Greek Letters α α lowercase Greek alpha β β lowercase Greek beta χ χ lowercase Greek chi δ δ lowercase Greek delta ϵ ϵ lowercase Greek epsilon, variant η η lowercase Greek eta γ γ lowercase Greek gamma ι ι lowercase Greek iota κ κ lowercase Greek kappa λ λ lowercase Greek lambda μ μ lowercase Greek mu ν ν lowercase Greek nu ω ω lowercase Greek omega &phis; &phis; lowercase Greek phi π π lowercase Greek pi ϖ ϖ lowercase Greek pi, variant ψ ψ lowercase Greek psi ρ ρ lowercase Greek rho σ σ lowercase Greek sigma τ τ lowercase Greek tau &thetas; &thetas; lowercase Greek theta ϑ ϑ lowercase Greek theta, variant υ &upsi; lowercase Greek upsilon ξ ξ lowercase Greek xi ζ ζ lowercase Greek zeta Uppercase Greek Letters Δ Δ uppercase Greek delta Γ Γ uppercase Greek gamma Λ &Lambda uppercase Greek lambda Ω Ω uppercase Greek omega Π Π uppercase Greek pi Φ Φ uppercase Greek phi Ψ Ψ uppercase Greek psi Σ Σ uppercase Greek sigma Θ Θ uppercase Greek theta ϒ &Upsi; uppercase Greek upsilon Ξ Ξ uppercase Greek xi

General Technical Symbols Symbol Entity NameDescription ℵ &aleph; Hebrew letter aleph ∧ &and; wedge, logical AND ≈ ≈ approximately equal ∩ ∩ intersection ≅ &cong; congruent with ∪ ∪ union or logical sum ≡ &equiv; identical with ∃ ∃ at least one exists ∀ ∀ for all ≥ ≥ greater than or equal ∞ ∞ infinity ∈ ∈ set membership ≤ ≤ less than or equal ≠ ≠ not equal ∉ ∉ negated set membership ∨ &or; Vee, logical OR ∂ ∂ partial differential ⊥ &perp; perpendicular ′ ′ prime, or minute of arc ∝ &prop; proportional to ⇒ ⇒ right double arrow ⊂ ⊂ subset; is implied by ⊆ &sube; subset, equals ⊃ ⊃ superset; implies ∴ &there4; therefore ″ ″ double prime, or second of an arc

Publishing Symbols Symbol Entity NameDescription • • round bullet, filled ♣ &clubs; clubs suit symbol ♦ &diams; diamonds suit symbol ♥ &hearts; hearts suit symbol … … horizontal ellipsis — — em dash (long dash) – – en dash (short dash) ♠ &spades; spades suit symbol ⋮ &vellip; vertical ellipsis

Latin 1 Characters Symbol Entity Name Description á á small a, acute accent â â small a, circumflex æ æ small ae diphthong à à small a, grave accent å å small a, ring ã ã small a, tilde ä ä small a, umlaut mark ç ç small c, cedilla é é small e, acute accent ê ê small e, circumflex è è small e, grave accent ð ð small eth, Icelandic ë ë small e, umlaut mark í í small i, acute accent î î small i, circumflex ì ì small i, grave accent ï ï small i, umlaut mark ñ ñ small N, tilde ó ó small o, acute accent ô ô small o, circumflex ò ò small o, grave accent ø ø small o, slash õ õ small o, tilde ö ö small o, umlaut mark ß ß small sharp s, German þ þ small thorn, Icelandic ú ú small u, acute accent û û small u, circumflex ù ù small u, grave accent ü ü small u, umlaut mark ý ý small y, acute accent ÿ ÿ small y, umlaut mark Á Á capital a, acute accent Â Â capital a, circumflex Æ Æ capital ae diphthong À À capital a, grave accent Å Å capital a, ring Ã Ã capital a, tilde Ä Ä capital a, umlaut mark Ç Ç capital c, cedilla É É capital E, acute accent Ê Ê capital E, circumflex È È capital E, grave accent Ð Ð capital Eth, Icelandic Ë Ë capital E, umlaut mark Í Í capital I, acute accent Î Î capital I, circumflex Ì Ì capital I, grave accent Ï Ï capital I, umlaut mark Ñ Ñ capital N, tilde Ó Ó capital O, acute accent Ô Ô capital O, circumflex Ò Ò capital O, grave accent Ø Ø capital O, slash Õ Õ capital O, tilde Ö Ö capital O, umlaut mark Þ Þ capital THORN, Icelandic Ú Ú capital U, acute accent Û Û capital U, circumflex Ù Ù capital U, grave accent Ü Ü capital U, umlaut mark Ý Ý capital Y, acute accent