How to Set Up and Use Currency and Other Special Symbols in Q360

If your keyboard does not already have the necessary shortcut keys defined and you wish to use Alternative currency symbols as opposed to your local currency, such as Pounds when in the USA, or the Cent symbol, you can leverage Alt Entered codes to accomplish this task.

The following alt codes can be entered via a a computer, while holding the ALT key and pressing the code as noted on the number pad, followed by releasing the Alt Key.

NOTE: Entry via Number pad is required, as using the top line numbers utilize different codes on the keyboard and therefore are associated with different shortcuts.  While some symbols have alternative Alt codes, such as Euro symbol Alt 8364, only those starting with 0’s (zero) will typically work within Q360 due to limitation of the browsers themselves.  The 8xxx series has alternative HTML & CSS structures.

Currency          Symbol       Alt Code ####

CAD/USD Symbol             $

Euro Symbol                      €           Alt Code 0128

Pound Symbol                   £           Alt Code 0163

Yen Sign 2                          ¥            Alt Code 0165

Cent                                    ¢            Alt Code 0162

General Currency             ¤            Alt Code 0164

Copyright                            ©         Alt Code 0169

Register Trademark          ®           Alt Code 0174

Trademark                           ™         Alt Code 0153

Degree Sign 2                     °           Alt Code 0176

Plus-Minus Sign 2             ±           Alt Code 0177

Windows:
On windows machines, users may hold the Windows Key and press the semi-colon ( ; ) button to open an Emoji/Gif shortcut for selection from a list of codes instead of typing in.

• Press the “Windows + ;” keys to open emoji keyboard
• Search for the symbol or type “currency” to filter the results
• When you find the required symbol, click to insert in your document/field

Apple Computers:
On a Mac, users may hold the key combination “Control + Command + Space Bar” to open the Character Viewer App for a selection of symbols and emojis to choose from

• Press “Control + Command + Space Bar” to open Character Viewer App
• You can find all currency symbols under “Currency Symbol” category
• Double click to insert the symbol anywhere on your document/field
• You can also use the search box to find other emoji related currency symbols