′

acute accent (not accent acute)

&

ampersand

< >

angle brackets

’

apostrophe (publishing character)

'

apostrophe (user-typed text)

*

asterisk (not star)

@

at sign

backslash

{ }

braces (not curly brackets)

[ ]

brackets

^

caret, circumflex (not accent circumflex)

¢

cent sign

« »

chevrons, opening and closing. Microsoft term, seldom used, especially in documentation. Also referred to as merge field characters in Word.

©

copyright symbol

†

dagger

°

degree symbol

÷

division sign

$

dollar sign

[[ ]]

double brackets

…

ellipsis (s), ellipses (pl). Do not add space between ellipsis points.

—

em dash

–

en dash

=

equal sign (not equals sign)

€

euro symbol

!

exclamation point (not exclamation mark or bang)

`

grave accent (not accent grave)

>

greater than sign. If used in conjunction with the less than sign to enclose a character string such as an HTML or XML tag, right angle bracket is all right.

≥

greater than or equal to sign

-

hyphen

"

inch mark

<

less than sign. If used in conjunction with the greater than sign to enclose a character string such as an HTML or XML tag, left angle bracket is all right.

≤

less than or equal to sign

–

minus sign (use en dash)

x

multiplication sign (use * if necessary to match software)

≠

not equal to

#

number sign in most cases, but pound key when referring to the telephone

¶

paragraph mark

( )

parentheses (pl), opening or closing parenthesis (s)

%

percent

π

pi

|

pipe, vertical bar, or OR logical operator

+

plus sign

±

plus or minus sign

?

question mark

“ ”

quotation marks (not quotes or quote marks). Curly quotation marks is all right if necessary to distinguish from straight quotation marks.

" "

straight quotation marks (not quotes or quote marks)

‘ ’

single curly quotation marks (not quotes or quote marks)

’ '

single straight quotation marks (not quotes or quote marks)

®

registered trademark symbol

§

section

/

slash mark (not virgule)

~

tilde

™

trademark symbol

_

underscore