Punctuation Symbols List (Copy and Paste)
Here is the list of all punctuation marks. You can copy and paste punctuation symbol in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or use alt codes. Just click on a symbol to copy. If you want to use the punctuation marks in html documents use html codes
List of punctuation symbols
| Symbol |
Description |
Alt Code |
HTML Code |
| ! |
Exclamation Mark |
33 |
! |
| ‼ |
Double Exclamation |
19 |
‼ |
| ¡ |
Inverted Exclamation Mark |
173 |
¡ |
| ? |
Question Mark |
63 |
? |
| ¿ |
Inverted Question Mark |
168 |
¿ |
| ( |
Left Parenthesis |
40 |
( |
| ) |
Right Parenthesis |
41 |
) |
| [ |
Left Square Bracket |
91 |
[ |
| ] |
Right Square Bracket |
93 |
] |
| { |
Left Curly Bracket |
123 |
{ |
| } |
Right Curly Bracket |
125 |
} |
| Symbol |
Description |
Alt Code |
HTML Code |
| ∟ |
Tab Marker |
28 |
∟ |
| § |
Paragraph |
21 |
§ |
| ¶ |
Carriage Return |
20 |
¶ |
| † |
Dagger / Obelos |
0134 |
† |
| ‡ |
Double Dagger / Diesis |
0135 |
‡ |
| " |
Quotation Mark |
34 |
" |
| ‹ |
Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
0139 |
‹ |
| › |
Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
0155 |
› |
| ‘ |
Curly Single Open Quote |
0145 |
‘ |
| ’ |
Curly Single Close Quote |
0146 |
’ |
| “ |
Left Double Quotation Mark |
0147 |
“ |
| ” |
Right Double Quotation Mark |
0148 |
” |
| « |
Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
174 |
« |
| » |
Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
175 |
» |
| ‘ |
Left Single Quotation Mark |
0130 |
‘ |
| „ |
Double Low-9 Quotation Mark |
0132 |
„ |
| Symbol |
Description |
Alt Code |
HTML Code |
| : |
Colon |
58 |
: |
| ; |
Semicolon |
59 |
; |
| , |
Comma |
44 |
, |
| . |
Full Stop |
46 |
. |
| … |
Horizontal Ellipsis |
0133 |
… |
| _ |
Underscore |
95 |
_ |
| ¯ |
Overscore |
0175 |
¯ |
| | |
Bar |
124 |
| |
| ~ |
Tilde |
126 |
~ |
| ¨ |
Diaeresis |
0168 |
¨ |
| - |
Dash or Hyphen |
45 |
- |
| — |
Em Dash |
0151 |
— |
| * |
Asterisk |
42 |
* |
| / |
Slash |
47 |
/ |
| \ |
Back Slash |
92 |
\ |
| & |
Ampersand |
38 |
& |
| ' |
Apostraphe |
39 |
' |
| @ |
Commercial At Symbol |
64 |
@ |
| ` |
Angled Apostraphe |
96 |
` |
How to insert Punctuation Symbols using the alt key?
These are steps to insert the punctuation marks in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Make sure your numeric keypad is active on the keyboard.
- Place the mouse cursor where you want to insert the symbol.
- Press the Alt key and type specified number from the above list. For example type 33 on the numeric keypad.
- Release both the keys and the exclamation mark will show up.