The symbol appears after you release the key.
To enter the Alt code, hold down the Alt key and alternately press the indicated code digits, after the Alt key is released. Ways to insert alpha sign in Microsoft Word There are total four Alpha symbols in Greek we write them all in one place. The lowercase letter α is used most widely. Using The capital letter alpha is mostly not used as a symbol because it is spelled in the same way as the capital letter A. From the letter “alpha” the Latin letter A and the Cyrillic A. It comes from the Phoenician letter – Aleph, which in translation means “bull” and depicts the head of a bull in its outline. In the system of the Greek alphabetical notation of numbers, it has the numerical value 1. Α, α is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.