A question for our colonial cousins. On our computer keyboards here in dear old blighty we have both the
Pound Sterling £ symbol
The Dollar $ sign
and on some of our newer kit we even have the € Euro sign.

what I'm wondering is, on USA and for that matter Aussie keyboards do they have the Pound sign. If not what sits over the number 3 key in it's place?

Bored! The mindless tedium of vast endless space sounds like a jolly hoot at the moment :bored:

In the wonderful land of Oz we don't have the pound sign. Above the 3 we have the # symbol.:}

...which the Americans, I understand, call the pound symbol. I've often wondered why. :confused:

Thanks Trimpot ,
So what do you have below the ~

Tuba,
I always thought that the hash # stood for number but then it could be Avoirdupois rather than Sterling.

Same in Belgium, the # over the no.3. But even the euro sign is hidden, as a 3rd function on the 5 key. If anyone can tell me how to access the euro sign I would really appreciate it as I get fed up with always writing "euro"!!

Oh and below the ~ is `

Not to be confused with ' which is below the "

Confused? I am..........

fft,

Same in Belgium, the # over the no.3. But even the euro sign is hidden, as a 3rd function on the 5 key. If anyone can tell me how to access the euro sign I would really appreciate it as I get fed up with always writing "euro"!!


On my keyboard you depress the "Alt Gr" button (to the right of space bar), then hit the one with the € sign on and it should happen (well it just did for me!)

:ok:

Fourthreethree - Depress Control, Alt, 4 all at the same time should place €sign on screen (see it works here!)

A2:ok:

arrow2

"Alt Gr" has the same effect as "Ctrl"+"alt"

I assume you have an english keyboard.
On french keyboards "Alt Gr"+"4" yields {, "Alt Gr"+"5" yields [, whereas the € sign comes from "Alt Gr"+"E".

fourthreethree

if the € is hidden on the 5 key, then "Alt Gr"+"5" should work.

How nice it is to have some diversity :{

On my english keyboard "Alt Gr + 4" = €, Which I didn't know until I tried.

Learn something new every day!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:

On my U.S purchased machine I don't have the £ symbol but can get it by changing windows settings. So when I press the 3 key it appears. :)

Didn't know that one about € on AltGr 4 - thanks for that!

There is a whole series of useful stuff to be got by pressing Alt and typing a number starting with 0

0223 gives ß
0228 gives ä
0169 gives ©
0188 gives ¼
0163 gives £ <- Moku

and so on. Excel will even do you a little table of them if you put the numbers in one column and CHAR(the cell to the left) in the next column.

Mind you, you do need the right "character set" loaded in US computers, or you just get graphics characters.

:{ :{ :{

None of the above seem to work on my pc. I shall seek advice and continue to write "euro".:(

There there 433, try Alt Control and e. or in word - insert - symbol - currency table then €. If you am using other than word you could try the following - open word - insert € then copy then try to paste (control plus v together) in the other document.

Y'all have fun now y'hear.:ok:

FourThreeThree

Try Alt (hold it down), 0128 (on the num keypad), release Alt.....

FourThreeThree

Little question : what operating system (Window, MacOS, Linux, ...) & version do you use ?

Nope, still nothing. Thanks for all the tips guys, but my pc doesnt want to play!!

I use windows xp home edition, but I think its most likely something simple like the setup of the keyboard settings or something else that I dont understand!! I shall endeavor to find out the problem and shall let you know when and if a solution is found.

I must admit I wasn't expecting such a response for a flyaway comment like that , but I really appreciate it.:ok:

You like me...........you really like me!!!!:= :yuk: :ok:

Windy, Tuba,
You're both right about the # sign.

The # in U.S. usage means number if in front as in #3 for takeoff and avoirdupois pounds when used on the back end as in 4# of sugar. Never knew it had a name, though.

Isn't this a thread for the Profesional Typists Rumor Network??



:O :O :O

What do you expect to find on german bureaukraut´s keyboards above the 3 ?
Of course we do have the paragraph symbol § there :8

Lunkenheimer, thanks for clearing up that small mystery. I had assumed that Americans wrote "lbs" like Brits do.

From what I've seen, using # for lbs is most common with shipping clerks etc. and almost always with respect to quantities of bulk goods. 'lbs' is more common in general usage.

I should cross-post this in Drapes' Totally Useless and Boring thread :D

If using Word, go to top menu, "insert" "symbol". Should bring up a range of options. Also, you can choose your own shortcuts and set them up if the symbol you want isn't there. Plus set up the quicker access options for any particular symbol.

Whatthefeckislongkeyalongthebottomfor?

:rolleyes:

Chin rest? ;)


(Blimey I never thought that an idle muse would have generated such an informative and interesting reponse:) )