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Converting Uncommon Characters to PML

Use this chart to convert uncommon characters to their Palm Markup Language (PML) equivalent. Most characters are simply represented as themselves in PML and don't require this chart. But some uncommon characters can only be represented in PML by their "\aXXX" syntax. Use this chart to look up that "\aXXX" syntax.

For Example, if you wanted to write the following phrase in PML:

Copyright © 1999 by Samuel Morgenstern

In PML, you would write it as:

Copyright \a169 1999 by Samuel Morgenstern
Char HTML # Code HTML Char Code PML Char Code Description
    -   Normal space
! ! - ! Exclamation
" " " " Double quote
# # - # Hash
$ $ - $ Dollar
% % - % Percent
& & & & Ampersand
' ' - ' Apostrophe
( ( - ( Open bracket
) ) - ) Close bracket
* * - * Asterisk
+ + - + Plus sign
, , - , Comma
- - - - Minus sign
. . - . Period
/ / - / Forward slash
0 0 - 0 Digit 0
1 1 - 1 Digit 1
2 2 - 2 Digit 2
3 3 - 3 Digit 3
4 4 - 4 Digit 4
5 5 - 5 Digit 5
6 6 - 6 Digit 6
7 7 - 7 Digit 7
8 8 - 8 Digit 8
9 9 - 9 Digit 9
: : - : Colon
; &#59; - ; Semicolon
&#60; &lt; < Less than
= &#61; - = Equals
&#62; &gt; > Greater than
? &#63; - ? Question mark
@ &#64; - @ At sign
A &#65; - A A
B &#66; - B B
C &#67; - C C
D &#68; - D D
E &#69; - E E
F &#70; - F F
G &#71; - G G
H &#72; - H H
I &#73; - I I
J &#74; - J J
K &#75; - K K
L &#76; - L L
M &#77; - M M
N &#78; - N N
O &#79; - O O
P &#80; - P P
Q &#81; - Q Q
R &#82; - R R
S &#83; - S S
T &#84; - T T
U &#85; - U U
V &#86; - V V
W &#87; - W W
X &#88; - X X
Y &#89; - Y Y
Z &#90; - Z Z
[ &#91; - [ Open square bracket
\ &#92; - \\ Backslash
] &#93; - ] Close square bracket
^ &#94; - ^ Caret
_ &#95; - _ Underscore
` &#96; - ` Grave accent
a &#97; - a a
b &#98; - b b
c &#99; - c c
d &#100; - d d
e &#101; - e e
f &#102; - f f
g &#103; - g g
h &#104; - h h
i &#105; - i i
j &#106; - j j
k &#107; - k k
l &#108; - l l
m &#109; - m m
n &#110; - n n
o &#111; - o o
p &#112; - p p
q &#113; - q q
r &#114; - r r
s &#115; - s s
t &#116; - t t
u &#117; - u u
v &#118; - v v
w &#119; - w w
x &#120; - x x
y &#121; - y y
z &#122; - z z
{ &#123; - { Left brace
| &#124; - | Vertical bar
} &#125; - } Right brace
~ &#126; - ~ Tilde
         
  &#160; &nbsp; \a160 Non-breaking space
&#161; &iexcl; \a161 Inverted exclamation
&#162; &cent; \a162 Cent sign
&#163; &pound; \a163 Pound sign
&#164; &curren; \a164 Currency sign
&#165; &yen; \a165 Yen sign
&#166; &brvbar; \a166 Broken bar
&#167; &sect; \a167 Section sign
&#168; &uml; \a168 Umlaut or diaeresis
&#169; &copy; \a169 Copyright sign
&#170; &ordf; \a170 Feminine ordinal
&#171; &laquo; \a171 Left angle quotes
&#172; &not; \a172 Logical not sign
&#173; &shy; \a173 Soft hyphen
&#174; &reg; \a174 Registered trademark
&#175; &macr; \a175 Spacing macron
&#176; &deg; \a176 Degree sign
&#177; &plusmn; \a177 Plus-minus sign
&#178; &sup2; \a178 Superscript 2
&#179; &sup3; \a179 Superscript 3
&#180; &acute; \a180 Spacing acute
&#181; &micro; \a181 Micro sign
&#182; &para; \a182 Paragraph sign
&#183; &middot; \a183 Middle dot
&#184; &cedil; \a184 Spacing cedilla
&#185; &sup1; \a185 Superscript 1
&#186; &ordm; \a186 Masculine ordinal
&#187; &raquo; \a187 Right angle quotes
&#188; &frac14; \a188 One quarter
&#189; &frac12; \a189 One half
&#190; &frac34; \a190 Three quarters
&#191; &iquest; \a191 Inverted question mark
&#192; &Agrave; \a192 A grave
&#193; &Aacute; \a193 A acute
&#194; &Acirc; \a194 A circumflex
&#195; &Atilde; \a195 A tilde
&#196; &Auml; \a196 A diaeresis
&#197; &Aring; \a197 A ring
&#198; &Aelig; \a198 AE ligature
&#199; &Ccedil; \a199 C cedilla
&#200; &Egrave; \a200 E grave
&#201; &Eacute; \a201 E acute
&#202; &Ecirc; \a202 E circumflex
&#203; &Euml; \a203 E diaeresis
&#204; &Igrave; \a204 I grave
&#205; &Iacute; \a205 I acute
&#206; &Icirc; \a206 I circumflex
&#207; &Iuml; \a207 I diaeresis
&#208; &ETH; \a208 Eth
&#209; &Ntilde; \a209 N tilde
&#210; &Ograve; \a210 O grave
&#211; &Oacute; \a211 O acute
&#212; &Ocirc; \a212 O circumflex
&#213; &Otilde; \a213 O tilde
&#214; &Ouml; \a214 O diaeresis
&#215; &times; \a215 Multiplication sign
&#216; &Oslash; \a216 O slash
&#217; &Ugrave; \a217 U grave
&#218; &Uacute; \a218 U acute
&#219; &Ucirc; \a219 U circumflex
&#220; &Uuml; \a220 U diaeresis
&#221; &Yacute; \a221 Y acute
&#222; &THORN; \a222 THORN
&#223; &szlig; \a223 sharp s
&#224; &agrave; \a224 a grave
&#225; &aacute; \a225 a acute
&#226; &acirc; \a226 a circumflex
&#227; &atilde; \a227 a tilde
&#228; &auml; \a228 a diaeresis
&#229; &aring; \a229 a ring
&#230; &aelig; \a230 ae ligature
&#231; &ccedil; \a231 c cedilla
&#232; &egrave; \a232 e grave
&#233; &eacute; \a233 e acute
&#234; &ecirc; \a234 e circumflex
&#235; &euml; \a235 e diaeresis
&#236; &igrave; \a236 i grave
&#237; &iacute; \a237 i acute
&#238; &icirc; \a238 i circumflex
&#239; &iuml; \a239 i diaeresis
&#240; &eth; \a240 eth
&#241; &ntilde; \a241 n tilde
&#242; &ograve; \a242 o grave
&#243; &oacute; \a243 o acute
&#244; &ocirc; \a244 o circumflex
&#245; &otilde; \a245 o tilde
&#246; &ouml; \a246 o diaeresis
&#247; &divide; \a247 division sign
&#248; &oslash; \a248 o slash
&#249; &ugrave; \a249 u grave
&#250; &uacute; \a250 u acute
&#251; &ucirc; \a251 u circumflex
&#252; &uuml; \a252 u diaeresis
&#253; &yacute; \a253 y acute
&#254; &thorn; \a254 thorn
&#255; &yuml; \a255 y diaeresis
, &#8218; &sbquo; \a130 single low quote
&#402; &fnof; \a131 Scripted f
&#8222; &bdquo; \a132 low quote
&#8230; &hellip; \a133 Ellipsis
&#8224; &dagger; \a134 Dagger
&#8225; &Dagger \a135 Double dagger
&#352; &Scaron; \a138 Large S w/inverted caret
< &#8249; &lsaquo; \a139 single left angle quote
&#338; &OElig; \a140 Large combined oe
&#8216; &lsquo; \a145 Open single smart quote
&#8217; &rsquo; \a146 Close single smart quote
&#8220; &ldquo; \a147 Open double smart quote
&#8221; &rdquo; \a148 Close double smart quote
&#8226; &bull; \a149 Bullet
&#8211; &ndash; \a150 Small dash (en dash)
&#8212; &mdash; \a151 Large dash (em dash)
&#8482; &trade; \a153 Trademark
&#353; &scaron; \a154 Small S w/inverted caret
> &#8250; &rsaquo; \a155 single right angle quote
&#339; &oelig; \a156 Small combined oe
&#376; &Yuml; \a159 Large Y with diaeresis