Quick answer
Neither the asterisk (a basic keyboard key, not really an "alt code" case) nor the black star symbol has a legacy Windows Alt code — the star needs the universal hex method.
01 Alt codes at a glance
| Character | Windows Alt code | Universal (any codepoint) | Mac | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asterisk | — none — | Alt+X after typing 002A (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 002a (Linux) |
Character page → | |
| Black Star | — none — | Alt+X after typing 2605 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 2605 (Linux) |
Character page → |
0 of 2 characters here have a legacy Windows Alt+NNNN code — that code only exists for the Latin-1 Supplement range and Windows-1252's fixed special-character block, not for Unicode generally. Every character has the universal hex-based method though: type the hex codepoint, then press Alt+X in Word to convert it.
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