This may be a long post since I'm too lazy to build a fancy table. (For some of the characters below, you may also want to view in a larger than usual font size.)
The Alt-NumPad method of entering characters is "officially" limited to numbers between zero and 255. Some larger numbers work sometimes, but it's best to use Hex numbers, and the official Unicode character codes (which are in Hex in the Unicode tables). Several of the low numbers have no visible glyph associated, so there are some blanks.
For html posts, you can code a character by its DECIMAL number:
&#nnnn;
where the & announces the start of a code, the # says that the instruction is a number, the nnnn is the number, and the final ";" says that the code is done.
You can use the hex number in the same way, simply by adding an "x" to the code:
&#xnnnn;
where again the & announces the start of a code, the # says that the instruction is a number, the x says the number is in hexadecimal, nnnn is the hexadecimal number and the ";" closes the code.
In Word, you can type the hexadecimal number, and before spacing hit Alt-X and the character will (or should) magically appear.
For DECIMAL numbers 0001 through 0256, corresponding to HEXADECIMAL numbers from 0001 through 00FF:
DECIMAL HEX Glyph DECIMAL HEX Glyph
0001 0001 0129 0081
0002 0002 0130 0082 ‚
0003 0003 0131 0083 ƒ
0004 0004 0132 0084 „
0005 0005 0133 0085 …
0006 0006 0134 0086 †
0007 0007 0135 0087 ‡
0008 0008 0136 0088 ˆ
0009 0009 0137 0089 ‰
0010 000A 0138 008A Š
0011 000B 0139 008B ‹
0012 000C 0140 008C Œ
0013 000D 0141 008D
0014 000E 0142 008E Ž
0015 000F 0143 008F
0016 0010 0144 0090
0017 0011 0145 0091 ‘
0018 0012 0146 0092 ’
0019 0013 0147 0093 “
0020 0014 0148 0094 ”
0021 0015 0149 0095 •
0022 0016 0150 0096 –
0023 0017 0151 0097 —
0024 0018 0152 0098 ˜
0025 0019 0153 0099 ™
0026 001A 0154 009A š
0027 001B 0155 009B ›
0028 001C 0156 009C œ
0029 001D 0157 009D
0030 001E 0158 009E ž
0031 001F 0159 009F Ÿ
0032 0020 0160 00A0
0033 0021 ! 0161 00A1 ¡
0034 0022 " 0162 00A2 ¢
0035 0023 # 0163 00A3 £
0036 0024 $ 0164 00A4 ¤
0037 0025 % 0165 00A5 ¥
0038 0026 & 0166 00A6 ¦
0039 0027 ' 0167 00A7 §
0040 0028 ( 0168 00A8 ¨
0041 0029 ) 0169 00A9 ©
0042 002A * 0170 00AA ª
0043 002B + 0171 00AB «
0044 002C , 0172 00AC ¬
0045 002D - 0173 00AD
0046 002E . 0174 00AE ®
0047 002F / 0175 00AF ¯
0048 0030 0 0176 00B0 °
0049 0031 1 0177 00B1 ±
0050 0032 2 0178 00B2 ²
0051 0033 3 0179 00B3 ³
0052 0034 4 0180 00B4 ´
0053 0035 5 0181 00B5 µ
0054 0036 6 0182 00B6 ¶
0055 0037 7 0183 00B7 ·
0056 0038 8 0184 00B8 ¸
0057 0039 9 0185 00B9 ¹
0058 003A : 0186 00BA º
0059 003B ; 0187 00BB »
0060 003C < 0188 00BC ¼
0061 003D = 0189 00BD ½
0062 003E > 0190 00BE ¾
0063 003F ? 0191 00BF ¿
0064 0040 @ 0192 00C0 À
0065 0041 A 0193 00C1 Á
0066 0042 B 0194 00C2 Â
0067 0043 C 0195 00C3 Ã
0068 0044 D 0196 00C4 Ä
0069 0045 E 0197 00C5 Å
0070 0046 F 0198 00C6 Æ
0071 0047 G 0199 00C7 Ç
0072 0048 H 0200 00C8 È
0073 0049 I 0201 00C9 É
0074 004A J 0202 00CA Ê
0075 004B K 0203 00CB Ë
0076 004C L 0204 00CC Ì
0077 004D M 0205 00CD Í
0078 004E N 0206 00CE Î
0079 004F O 0207 00CF Ï
0080 0050 P 0208 00D0 Ð
0081 0051 Q 0209 00D1 Ñ
0082 0052 R 0210 00D2 Ò
0083 0053 S 0211 00D3 Ó
0084 0054 T 0212 00D4 Ô
0085 0055 U 0213 00D5 Õ
0086 0056 V 0214 00D6 Ö
0087 0057 W 0215 00D7 ×
0088 0058 X 0216 00D8 Ø
0089 0059 Y 0217 00D9 Ù
0090 005A Z 0218 00DA Ú
0091 005B [ 0219 00DB Û
0092 005C \ 0220 00DC Ü
0093 005D ] 0221 00DD Ý
0094 005E ^ 0222 00DE Þ
0095 005F _ 0223 00DF ß
0096 0060 ` 0224 00E0 à
0097 0061 a 0225 00E1 á
0098 0062 b 0226 00E2 â
0099 0063 c 0227 00E3 ã
0100 0064 d 0228 00E4 ä
0101 0065 e 0229 00E5 å
0102 0066 f 0230 00E6 æ
0103 0067 g 0231 00E7 ç
0104 0068 h 0232 00E8 è
0105 0069 i 0233 00E9 é
0106 006A j 0234 00EA ê
0107 006B k 0235 00EB ë
0108 006C l 0236 00EC ì
0109 006D m 0237 00ED í
0110 006E n 0238 00EE î
0111 006F o 0239 00EF ï
0112 0070 p 0240 00F0 ð
0113 0071 q 0241 00F1 ñ
0114 0072 r 0242 00F2 ò
0115 0073 s 0243 00F3 ó
0116 0074 t 0244 00F4 ô
0117 0075 u 0245 00F5 õ
0118 0076 v 0246 00F6 ö
0119 0077 w 0247 00F7 ÷
0120 0078 x 0248 00F8 ø
0121 0079 y 0249 00F9 ù
0122 007A z 0250 00FA ú
0123 007B { 0251 00FB û
0124 007C | 0252 00FC ü
0125 007D } 0253 00FD ý
0126 007E ~ 0254 00FE þ
0127 007F 0255 00FF ÿ
0128 0080 € 0256 0100 Ā
For Windows, the Alt-NumPad method may give different results for some numbers, because when you select a language a different character map is used by the computer, and/or autoreplace functions may be invoked for your computer. Windows, and computers to use it with, are regionalized by where the computer is purchased so the differences depend on where you are and are NOT THE SAME for computers in different "language areas."
John