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| Alt Code | Symbol | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alt 1 | ☺ | Happy Smiley | ||
| Alt 2 | ☻ | Sad Smiley | ||
| Alt 3 | ♥ | Heart | ||
| Alt 4 | ♦ | Diamond | ||
| Alt 5 | ♣ | Club | ||
| Alt 6 | ♠ | Spade | ||
| Alt 7 | • | Bullet 1 | ||
| Alt 8 | ◘ | Bullet 2 | ||
| Alt 9 | ○ | Bullet 3 | ||
| Alt 10 | ◙ | Bullet 4 | ||
| Alt 11 | ♂ | Male Sign | ||
| Alt 12 | ♀ | Female Sign | ||
| Alt 13 | ♪ | Quaver | ||
| Alt 14 | ♫ | Joined Quavers | ||
| Alt 16 | ► | Play Forward | ||
| Alt 17 | ◄ | Play Reverse | ||
| Alt 254 | ■ | Stop | ||
| Alt 30 | ▲ | |||
| Alt 31 | ▼ | |||
| Alt 23 | ↨ | |||
| Alt 24 | ↑ | Up Arrow | ||
| Alt 25 | ↓ | Down Arrow | ||
| Alt 26 | → | Right Arrow | ||
| Alt 27 | ← | Left Arrow | ||
| Alt 0129 | Undefined - Normally generates a box | |||
| Alt 15 | ☼ | Suggest definition | ||
| 127 | ⌂ | Suggest definition | ||
| Alt 18 | ↕ | Suggest definition | ||
| Alt 29 | ↔ | Suggest definition |
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