Alt key codes give you access to hundreds of special ASCII characters, from accent marks to tiny icons. We show you how to use the Alt codes and also Word's Symbol library.

How to AutoFormat a Fraction in Word. The ASCII character set contains single-character symbols for common fractions such as 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4.

Visit a website that displays ASCII character symbols. Sites that provide this information include FSymbols.com, W3Schools.com and ASCII-Code.com.