HTML: SPECIAL CHARACTERS

Need a bullet point? Code in • and you'll have one. There are many characters used on a keyboard that don't have their own key; we call these "special characters. A bullet (option + * on my Mac) is one of many special characters that have code equivalents in HTML. For example, you're not really supposed to put double quotes in your code, as double quotes are reserved for marking attriblutes; the code for "code" would be "code" -- strange as it may seem. Other special characters that have their own codes are: ®, ©, é, ü, …, and etc., you get the idea. They are available in Dreamweaver from Main Menu > Insert > Special Characters

A nice, more complet, list of special characters can be found at: Web Monkey

Below is a sampler of the special characters available in HTML; note that some special characters have more than one code set!: