Use this page to learn which keyboard special characters and alt-codes can be used.
Supported Alt-Code Characters
These alt-code characters can be manually entered and displayed in the Students, Educators, and Classes fields:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Username
- Email Address (see exceptions below)
- Class Name
Note
Username: If a disallowed special character is entered during manual creation and update of users, then upon Save, a field validation error message appears so that the user can correct it. See the example below of a student Username update.
Caution
Password: No alt-code characters are supported as Password values for Students and Educators. However, keyboard special characters are supported. Password is limited to 32 characters. See the Supported Keyboard Special Characters section.
Special handling of bulk import and update files is needed to correctly display some alt-code characters in the application.
| Character | Code | Description | Exceptions/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ' |
ALT 39 |
Apostrophe |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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( |
ALT 40 |
Left parenthesis, opening parenthesis |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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) |
ALT 41 |
Right parenthesis, closing parenthesis |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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ü |
ALT 129 |
Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
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é |
ALT 130 |
Latin small letter e with acute |
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â |
ALT 131 |
Latin small letter a with circumflex |
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ä |
ALT 132 |
Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
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à |
ALT 133 |
Latin small letter a with grave |
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å |
ALT 134 |
Latin small letter a with ring above |
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ç |
ALT 135 |
Latin small letter c with cedilla |
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ê |
ALT 136 |
Latin small letter e with circumflex |
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ë |
ALT 137 |
Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
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è |
ALT 138 |
Latin small letter e with grave |
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ï |
ALT 139 |
Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
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î |
ALT 140 |
Latin small letter i with circumflex |
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ì |
ALT 141 |
Latin small letter i with grave |
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Ä |
ALT 142 |
Latin capital letter A with diaeresis |
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Ž |
ALT 0142 |
Latin capital letter Z with caron, Z hacek |
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Å |
ALT 143 |
Latin capital letter A with ring above |
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É |
ALT 144 |
Latin capital letter E with acute |
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‘ |
ALT 0145 |
Left single quotation mark |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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’ |
ALT 0146 |
Right single quotation mark |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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ô |
ALT 147 |
Latin small letter o with circumflex |
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“ |
ALT 0147 |
Left double quotation mark |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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ö |
ALT 148 |
Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
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” |
ALT 0148 |
Right double quotation mark |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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ò |
ALT 149 |
Latin small letter o with grave |
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û |
ALT 150 |
Latin small letter u with circumflex |
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– |
ALT 0150 |
En dash |
Cannot be used in email address field |
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ù |
ALT 151 |
Latin small letter u with grave |
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ÿ |
ALT 152 |
Latin small letter y with diaeresis |
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Ö |
ALT 153 |
Latin capital letter O with diaeresis |
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Ü |
ALT 154 |
Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
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á |
ALT 160 |
Latin small letter a with acute |
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í |
ALT 161 |
Latin small letter i with acute |
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ó |
ALT 162 |
Latin small letter o with acute |
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ú |
ALT 163 |
Latin small letter u with acute |
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ñ |
ALT 164 |
Latin small letter n with tilde, small letter enye |
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Ñ |
ALT 165 |
Latin capital letter N with tilde, capital letter enye |
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à |
ALT 0224 |
Latin small letter a with grave |
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ß |
ALT 225 |
Latin small letter sharp s, eszett |
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á |
ALT 0225 |
Latin small letter a with acute |
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â |
ALT 0226 |
Latin small letter a with circumflex |
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ã |
ALT 0227 |
Latin small letter a with tilde |
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ä |
ALT 0228 |
Latin small letter a with diaeresis |
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s |
ALT 229 |
Greek small letter sigma |
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å |
ALT 0229 |
Latin small letter a with ring above |
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ç |
ALT 0231 |
Latin small letter c with cedilla |
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è |
ALT 0232 |
Latin small letter e with grave |
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é |
ALT 0233 |
Latin small letter e with acute |
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ê |
ALT 0234 |
Latin small letter e with circumflex |
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ë |
ALT 0235 |
Latin small letter e with diaeresis |
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ì |
ALT 0236 |
Latin small letter i with grave |
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í |
ALT 0237 |
Latin small letter i with acute |
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î |
ALT 0238 |
Latin small letter i with circumflex |
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ï |
ALT 0239 |
Latin small letter i with diaeresis |
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ð |
ALT 0240 |
Latin small letter eth |
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ñ |
ALT 0241 |
Latin small letter n with tilde, small letter enye |
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ò |
ALT 0242 |
Latin small letter o with grave |
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ó |
ALT 0243 |
Latin small letter o with acute |
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ô |
ALT 0244 |
Latin small letter o with circumflex |
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õ |
ALT 0245 |
Latin small letter o with tilde |
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ö |
ALT 0246 |
Latin small letter o with diaeresis |
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ø |
ALT 0248 |
Latin small letter o with stroke |
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ù |
ALT 0249 |
Latin small letter u with grave |
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ú |
ALT 0250 |
Latin small letter u with acute |
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û |
ALT 0251 |
Latin small letter u with circumflex |
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ü |
ALT 0252 |
Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
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ý |
ALT 0253 |
Latin small letter y with acute |
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ÿ |
ALT 0255 |
Latin small letter y with diaeresis |
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Supported Keyboard Special Characters
Keyboard special characters can be used in these Students, Educators, and Classes fields:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Username (Exceptions noted below)
- Password (Exceptions noted below)
- Class Name
Note
Email Address: Most keyboard special characters are NOT supported. Currently, the @ ampersat, - hypen/dash, and . period, are supported.
| Character | Description | Exceptions/Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
~ |
Tilde |
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` |
Grave, acute, left quote, open quote, or a push |
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! |
Exclamation mark, bang |
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@ |
Ampersat |
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# |
Octothorpe, number, pound, or hash |
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$ |
Dollar sign or generic currency |
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% |
Percent |
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^ |
Caret or circumflex |
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& |
Ampersand |
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* |
Asterisk |
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( |
left parenthesis |
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) |
right parenthesis |
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- |
Hyphen, dash |
Username cannot start with - , but it can be included in other positions in the username, such as david-one. |
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_ |
Underscore |
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' |
Apostrophe, single quote |
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. |
Period, dot, full stop |
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“ |
Quotation mark |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username or Password. |
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+ |
Plus, mathematical add symbol |
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= |
Equals, mathematical symbol |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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{ |
Left curly bracket(brace) |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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} |
Right curly bracket(brace) |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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[ |
Left bracket |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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] |
Right bracket |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
|
| |
pipe |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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\ |
back slash |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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: |
colon |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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; |
semicolon |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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< |
Less than |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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> |
Greater than |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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, |
Comma |
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? |
Question mark |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |
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/ |
forward slash |
Reserved character so not allowed in Username. |