Why is that? Is it my version of Windows? Is it my keyboard? My keyboard layout? My keyboard language and locale in Windows? But notice that there is no Alt key combination listed for the infinity sign. The combination Alt+0137 is used for permille, just like described on that other web page. See the screenshots below.Īs you can see there is an Alt key combination for the permille character. This is what it says for the permille character and the infinity character.

I forgot that the Charmap utility shows you the Alt key combinations. It looks like there is no Alt key binding for the infinity character on my computer. So what's going on? And how do I get the correct Alt key combination for the infinity character? I also noticed that they are using Alt+0253 for lower case ý character. Does this mean that my Alt key combinations should begin with a zero? Like Alt+0137 for permille ‰ character. On this page they are using 4 digits in their Alt key combinations. Does that mean that the Alt key combination is Alt+221? If I use this combination I get this character: ¦ This Superuser page says that the Unicode value for the infinity character is 221e. Inserting infinity symbol in Powerpoint 2010 I get the same result in Firefox, Excel and Word. This Yahoo Answers page says I should use Alt+236 but this only results in a lower case acute Y, like this: ý But what is the Alt key combination to type in the infinity character?

I can use Charmap utility in Windows to find, copy, and paste the character in any application, including web browsers.

Infinity symbol on keyboard windows 8