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These entities may be used in XML documents conforming to the BPO DTD. For example, to enter the character "±" type "±" or type "±".

Important: Common characters such as the ampersand, apostrophe, less than, and greater than must be entered as an entity. Ie: & ' < and >

Alan Wood's web site provides an excellent overview of Unicode and special characters. These tables are based on W3C's HTML 4 character entity references. Use only the characters below. These are part of Microsoft's WGL4 set and should display on most computers.

nbsp   160 no-break space = non-breaking space, U+00A0 ISOnum
iexcl ¡ 161 inverted exclamation mark, U+00A1 ISOnum
cent ¢ 162 cent sign, U+00A2 ISOnum
pound £ 163 pound sign, U+00A3 ISOnum
curren ¤ 164 currency sign, U+00A4 ISOnum
yen ¥ 165 yen sign = yuan sign, U+00A5 ISOnum
brvbar ¦ 166 broken bar = broken vertical bar, U+00A6 ISOnum
sect § 167 section sign, U+00A7 ISOnum
uml ¨ 168 diaeresis = spacing diaeresis, U+00A8 ISOdia
copy © 169 copyright sign, U+00A9 ISOnum
ordf ª 170 feminine ordinal indicator, U+00AA ISOnum
laquo « 171 left-pointing double angle quotation mark = left pointing guillemet, U+00AB ISOnum
not ¬ 172 not sign, U+00AC ISOnum
shy ­ 173 soft hyphen = discretionary hyphen, U+00AD ISOnum
reg ® 174 registered sign = registered trade mark sign, U+00AE ISOnum
macr ¯ 175 macron = spacing macron = overline = APL overbar, U+00AF ISOdia
deg ° 176 degree sign, U+00B0 ISOnum
plusmn ± 177 plus-minus sign = plus-or-minus sign, U+00B1 ISOnum
sup2 ² 178 superscript two = superscript digit two = squared, U+00B2 ISOnum
sup3 ³ 179 superscript three = superscript digit three = cubed, U+00B3 ISOnum
acute ´ 180 acute accent = spacing acute, U+00B4 ISOdia
micro µ 181 micro sign, U+00B5 ISOnum
para 182 pilcrow sign = paragraph sign, U+00B6 ISOnum
middot · 183 middle dot = Georgian comma = Greek middle dot, U+00B7 ISOnum
cedil ¸ 184 cedilla = spacing cedilla, U+00B8 ISOdia
sup1 ¹ 185 superscript one = superscript digit one, U+00B9 ISOnum
ordm º 186 masculine ordinal indicator, U+00BA ISOnum
raquo » 187 right-pointing double angle quotation mark = right pointing guillemet, U+00BB ISOnum
frac14 ¼ 188 vulgar fraction one quarter = fraction one quarter, U+00BC ISOnum
frac12 ½ 189 vulgar fraction one half = fraction one half, U+00BD ISOnum
frac34 ¾ 190 vulgar fraction three quarters = fraction three quarters, U+00BE ISOnum
iquest ¿ 191 inverted question mark = turned question mark, U+00BF ISOnum
Agrave À 192 latin capital letter A with grave = latin capital letter A grave, U+00C0 ISOlat1
Aacute Á 193 latin capital letter A with acute, U+00C1 ISOlat1
Acirc  194 latin capital letter A with circumflex, U+00C2 ISOlat1
Atilde à 195 latin capital letter A with tilde, U+00C3 ISOlat1
Auml Ä 196 latin capital letter A with diaeresis, U+00C4 ISOlat1
Aring Å 197 latin capital letter A with ring above = latin capital letter A ring, U+00C5 ISOlat1
AElig Æ 198 latin capital letter AE = latin capital ligature AE, U+00C6 ISOlat1
Ccedil Ç 199 latin capital letter C with cedilla, U+00C7 ISOlat1
Egrave È 200 latin capital letter E with grave, U+00C8 ISOlat1
Eacute É 201 latin capital letter E with acute, U+00C9 ISOlat1
Ecirc Ê 202 latin capital letter E with circumflex, U+00CA ISOlat1
Euml Ë 203 latin capital letter E with diaeresis, U+00CB ISOlat1
Igrave Ì 204 latin capital letter I with grave, U+00CC ISOlat1
Iacute Í 205 latin capital letter I with acute, U+00CD ISOlat1
Icirc Î 206 latin capital letter I with circumflex, U+00CE ISOlat1
Iuml Ï 207 latin capital letter I with diaeresis, U+00CF ISOlat1
ETH Ð 208 latin capital letter ETH, U+00D0 ISOlat1
Ntilde Ñ 209 latin capital letter N with tilde, U+00D1 ISOlat1
Ograve Ò 210 latin capital letter O with grave, U+00D2 ISOlat1
Oacute Ó 211 latin capital letter O with acute, U+00D3 ISOlat1
Ocirc Ô 212 latin capital letter O with circumflex, U+00D4 ISOlat1
Otilde Õ 213 latin capital letter O with tilde, U+00D5 ISOlat1
Ouml Ö 214 latin capital letter O with diaeresis, U+00D6 ISOlat1
times × 215 multiplication sign, U+00D7 ISOnum
Oslash Ø 216 latin capital letter O with stroke = latin capital letter O slash, U+00D8 ISOlat1
Ugrave Ù 217 latin capital letter U with grave, U+00D9 ISOlat1
Uacute Ú 218 latin capital letter U with acute, U+00DA ISOlat1
Ucirc Û 219 latin capital letter U with circumflex, U+00DB ISOlat1
Uuml Ü 220 latin capital letter U with diaeresis, U+00DC ISOlat1
Yacute Ý 221 latin capital letter Y with acute, U+00DD ISOlat1
THORN Þ 222 latin capital letter THORN, U+00DE ISOlat1
szlig ß 223 latin small letter sharp s = ess-zed, U+00DF ISOlat1
agrave à 224 latin small letter a with grave = latin small letter a grave, U+00E0 ISOlat1
aacute á 225 latin small letter a with acute, U+00E1 ISOlat1
acirc â 226 latin small letter a with circumflex, U+00E2 ISOlat1
atilde ã 227 latin small letter a with tilde, U+00E3 ISOlat1
auml ä 228 latin small letter a with diaeresis, U+00E4 ISOlat1
aring å 229 latin small letter a with ring above = latin small letter a ring, U+00E5 ISOlat1
aelig æ 230 latin small letter ae = latin small ligature ae, U+00E6 ISOlat1
ccedil ç 231 latin small letter c with cedilla, U+00E7 ISOlat1
egrave è 232 latin small letter e with grave, U+00E8 ISOlat1
eacute é 233 latin small letter e with acute, U+00E9 ISOlat1
ecirc ê 234 latin small letter e with circumflex, U+00EA ISOlat1
euml ë 235 latin small letter e with diaeresis, U+00EB ISOlat1
igrave ì 236 latin small letter i with grave, U+00EC ISOlat1
iacute í 237 latin small letter i with acute, U+00ED ISOlat1
icirc î 238 latin small letter i with circumflex, U+00EE ISOlat1
iuml ï 239 latin small letter i with diaeresis, U+00EF ISOlat1
eth ð 240 latin small letter eth, U+00F0 ISOlat1
ntilde ñ 241 latin small letter n with tilde, U+00F1 ISOlat1
ograve ò 242 latin small letter o with grave, U+00F2 ISOlat1
oacute ó 243 latin small letter o with acute, U+00F3 ISOlat1
ocirc ô 244 latin small letter o with circumflex, U+00F4 ISOlat1
otilde õ 245 latin small letter o with tilde, U+00F5 ISOlat1
ouml ö 246 latin small letter o with diaeresis, U+00F6 ISOlat1
divide ÷ 247 division sign, U+00F7 ISOnum
oslash ø 248 latin small letter o with stroke, = latin small letter o slash, U+00F8 ISOlat1
ugrave ù 249 latin small letter u with grave, U+00F9 ISOlat1
uacute ú 250 latin small letter u with acute, U+00FA ISOlat1
ucirc û 251 latin small letter u with circumflex, U+00FB ISOlat1
uuml ü 252 latin small letter u with diaeresis, U+00FC ISOlat1
yacute ý 253 latin small letter y with acute, U+00FD ISOlat1
thorn þ 254 latin small letter thorn, U+00FE ISOlat1
yuml ÿ 255 latin small letter y with diaeresis, U+00FF ISOlat1
quot " 34 quotation mark = APL quote, U+0022 ISOnum
amp & 38 ampersand, U+0026 ISOnum
lt < 60 less-than sign, U+003C ISOnum
gt > 62 greater-than sign, U+003E ISOnum
OElig Π338 latin capital ligature OE, U+0152 ISOlat2
oelig œ 339 latin small ligature oe, U+0153 ISOlat2
Scaron Š 352 latin capital letter S with caron, U+0160 ISOlat2
scaron š 353 latin small letter s with caron, U+0161 ISOlat2
Yuml Ÿ 376 latin capital letter Y with diaeresis, U+0178 ISOlat2
circ ˆ 710 modifier letter circumflex accent, U+02C6 ISOpub
tilde ˜ 732 small tilde, U+02DC ISOdia
zwnj ‌ 8204 zero width non-joiner, U+200C NEW RFC 2070
zwj ‍ 8205 zero width joiner, U+200D NEW RFC 2070
lrm ‎ 8206 left-to-right mark, U+200E NEW RFC 2070
rlm ‏ 8207 right-to-left mark, U+200F NEW RFC 2070
ndash – 8211 en dash, U+2013 ISOpub
mdash — 8212 em dash, U+2014 ISOpub
lsquo ‘ 8216 left single quotation mark, U+2018 ISOnum
rsquo ’ 8217 right single quotation mark, U+2019 ISOnum
sbquo ‚ 8218 single low-9 quotation mark, U+201A NEW
ldquo “ 8220 left double quotation mark, U+201C ISOnum
rdquo ” 8221 right double quotation mark, U+201D ISOnum
bdquo „ 8222 double low-9 quotation mark, U+201E NEW
dagger † 8224 dagger, U+2020 ISOpub
Dagger ‡ 8225 double dagger, U+2021 ISOpub
permil ‰ 8240 per mille sign, U+2030 ISOtech
lsaquo ‹ 8249 single left-pointing angle quotation mark, U+2039 ISO proposed
rsaquo › 8250 single right-pointing angle quotation mark, U+203A ISO proposed
euro € 8364 euro sign, U+20AC NEW
fnof ƒ 402 latin small f with hook = function = florin, U+0192 ISOtech
Alpha Α 913 greek capital letter alpha, U+0391
Beta Β 914 greek capital letter beta, U+0392
Gamma Γ 915 greek capital letter gamma, U+0393 ISOgrk3
Delta Δ 916 greek capital letter delta, U+0394 ISOgrk3
Epsilon Ε 917 greek capital letter epsilon, U+0395
Zeta Ζ 918 greek capital letter zeta, U+0396
Eta Η 919 greek capital letter eta, U+0397
Theta Θ 920 greek capital letter theta, U+0398 ISOgrk3
Iota Ι 921 greek capital letter iota, U+0399
Kappa Κ 922 greek capital letter kappa, U+039A
Lambda Λ 923 greek capital letter lambda, U+039B ISOgrk3
Mu Μ 924 greek capital letter mu, U+039C
Nu Ν 925 greek capital letter nu, U+039D
Xi Ξ 926 greek capital letter xi, U+039E ISOgrk3
Omicron Ο 927 greek capital letter omicron, U+039F
Pi Π 928 greek capital letter pi, U+03A0 ISOgrk3
Rho Ρ 929 greek capital letter rho, U+03A1
Sigma Σ 931 greek capital letter sigma, U+03A3 ISOgrk3
Tau Τ 932 greek capital letter tau, U+03A4
Upsilon Υ 933 greek capital letter upsilon, U+03A5 ISOgrk3
Phi Φ 934 greek capital letter phi, U+03A6 ISOgrk3
Chi Χ 935 greek capital letter chi, U+03A7
Psi Ψ 936 greek capital letter psi, U+03A8 ISOgrk3
Omega Ω 937 greek capital letter omega, U+03A9 ISOgrk3
alpha α 945 greek small letter alpha, U+03B1 ISOgrk3
beta β 946 greek small letter beta, U+03B2 ISOgrk3
gamma γ 947 greek small letter gamma, U+03B3 ISOgrk3
delta δ 948 greek small letter delta, U+03B4 ISOgrk3
epsilon ε 949 greek small letter epsilon, U+03B5 ISOgrk3
zeta ζ 950 greek small letter zeta, U+03B6 ISOgrk3
eta η 951 greek small letter eta, U+03B7 ISOgrk3
theta θ 952 greek small letter theta, U+03B8 ISOgrk3
iota ι 953 greek small letter iota, U+03B9 ISOgrk3
kappa κ 954 greek small letter kappa, U+03BA ISOgrk3
lambda λ 955 greek small letter lambda, U+03BB ISOgrk3
mu μ 956 greek small letter mu, U+03BC ISOgrk3
nu ν 957 greek small letter nu, U+03BD ISOgrk3
xi ξ 958 greek small letter xi, U+03BE ISOgrk3
omicron ο 959 greek small letter omicron, U+03BF NEW
pi π 960 greek small letter pi, U+03C0 ISOgrk3
rho ρ 961 greek small letter rho, U+03C1 ISOgrk3
sigmaf ς 962 greek small letter final sigma, U+03C2 ISOgrk3
sigma σ 963 greek small letter sigma, U+03C3 ISOgrk3
tau τ 964 greek small letter tau, U+03C4 ISOgrk3
upsilon υ 965 greek small letter upsilon, U+03C5 ISOgrk3
phi φ 966 greek small letter phi, U+03C6 ISOgrk3
chi χ 967 greek small letter chi, U+03C7 ISOgrk3
psi ψ 968 greek small letter psi, U+03C8 ISOgrk3
omega ω 969 greek small letter omega, U+03C9 ISOgrk3
bull • 8226 bullet = black small circle, U+2022 ISOpub
hellip … 8230 horizontal ellipsis = three dot leader, U+2026 ISOpub
prime ′ 8242 prime = minutes = feet, U+2032 ISOtech
Prime ″ 8243 double prime = seconds = inches, U+2033 ISOtech
oline ‾ 8254 overline = spacing overscore, U+203E NEW
frasl ⁄ 8260 fraction slash, U+2044 NEW
trade ™ 8482 trade mark sign, U+2122 ISOnum
larr ← 8592 leftwards arrow, U+2190 ISOnum
uarr ↑ 8593 upwards arrow, U+2191 ISOnum
rarr → 8594 rightwards arrow, U+2192 ISOnum
darr ↓ 8595 downwards arrow, U+2193 ISOnum
harr ↔ 8596 left right arrow, U+2194 ISOamsa
part ∂ 8706 partial differential, U+2202 ISOtech
prod ∏ 8719 n-ary product = product sign, U+220F ISOamsb
sum ∑ 8721 n-ary sumation, U+2211 ISOamsb
minus − 8722 minus sign, U+2212 ISOtech
radic √ 8730 square root = radical sign, U+221A ISOtech
infin ∞ 8734 infinity, U+221E ISOtech
cap ∩ 8745 intersection = cap, U+2229 ISOtech
int ∫ 8747 integral, U+222B ISOtech
asymp ≈ 8776 almost equal to = asymptotic to, U+2248 ISOamsr
ne ≠ 8800 not equal to, U+2260 ISOtech
equiv ≡ 8801 identical to, U+2261 ISOtech
le ≤ 8804 less-than or equal to, U+2264 ISOtech
ge ≥ 8805 greater-than or equal to, U+2265 ISOtech
spades ♠ 9824 black spade suit, U+2660 ISOpub
clubs ♣ 9827 black club suit = shamrock, U+2663 ISOpub
hearts ♥ 9829 black heart suit = valentine, U+2665 ISOpub
diams ♦ 9830 black diamond suit, U+2666 ISOpub

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