

If none of these methods work, consult with a technical expert in your country or region familiar with the operating system, browser, hardware, software, keyboard, and fonts you are using. Option/Alt 6 is the keyboard pair that gets you this §" (user suggestion) - "confirmed that on MacOS X with US keyboard, the key combo is alt-6" (user suggestion) (6) "On a Macbook air running OSX High Sierra. (5) Although not an ideal solution, you could also try copying and pasting the symbol § from this page into your document and then adjusting the size to fit the rest of your font text. (4) In a Word document you should be able to select the insert tab and then click the symbol tab. (3) Hold down the key and on the numeric keypad press the digits "7" "8" and "9" in that order, then release the key. (2) Hold down the key and on the numeric keypad press the digits "2" and "1" in that order, then release the key. (1) Hold down the key and on the numeric keypad press the digits "0", "1", "6" and "7" in that order, then release the key. NOTE: For the numbers use the numeric keypad, not the upper keyboard numbers. Each method appear to work in the systems we've tried, but if one set doesn't work, try the others.

For example, a standard US keyboard will not show à, but you can type it by holding your ALT key then type 0224 or 133 on Windows. There are multiple sequences of keystrokes to try in web pages, HTML, and Microsoft Word. This page lists Alt codes, shortcuts and HTML codes for special characters that you may not be able to type directly from your keyboard but you can access them using Alt codes, shortcuts or HTML codes instead.
