No pound key

Pete.g

We recently bought a h&p laptop from Kuala Lumpar however it has no pound key only a $ key is there any way to change the $ into a pound sign in the settings?

Browntoa

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/change-keyboard-language-in-windows/

Pete.g

Changed all the settings to English (United Kingdom) from English (Singapore)but still not able to find a pound key.

alanclarke

Pete.g wrote: »

Changed all the settings to English (United Kingdom) from English (Singapore)but still not able to find a pound key.

The £ sign on an English keyboard is shift 4 (the $ key).

If you change the language of your keyboard some of the keys may not type what is on the keyboard, e.g. $, \ @ may be on different key.

I use an Australian keyboard and whenever I want a £ sign I hold down the Alt key and on the numeric keypad type 0163 then release Alt key. Refer to your computer manual how to enable the numeric keypad on your laptop, on my Dell laptop I have to hold down an "Fn" key to enable it.

Joe_Bloggs

I am left with a crazy gaming keyboard. All my others have failed due to knocking drinks over them. If I am forced to find a character then I will copy and paste it from somewhere else.
Please take my £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££.
has any one got a couple of tilde they can spare ?
J_B.

-TangleFoot-

You could buy a set of stickers to put on the keys to match the selected layout, but it'll probably look rather ugly.

Are these of any use to you?

• Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator
• KeyTweak

Samba_Pa_Ti

alanclarke wrote: »

The £ sign on an English keyboard is shift 4 (the $ key).

If you change the language of your keyboard some of the keys may not type what is on the keyboard, e.g. $, \ @ may be on different key.

I use an Australian keyboard and whenever I want a £ sign I hold down the Alt key and on the numeric keypad type 0163 then release Alt key. Refer to your computer manual how to enable the numeric keypad on your laptop, on my Dell laptop I have to hold down an "Fn" key to enable it.

ive got an english keyboard (several) all the £ signs are shift+3

there might well be some confusion in windows between the # (american pound) hash key and the £ british pound

alanclarke

Samba_Pa_Ti wrote: »

ive got an english keyboard (several) all the £ signs are shift+3

there might well be some confusion in windows between the # (american pound) hash key and the £ british pound

My mistake, yes it is Shift+3, on a non UK keyboard it is usually shown as a #

Taffybiker

A couple of other things are different too, such as " and @. These are both interchanged on the non British keyboard.

sharkie

hold the alt key down and on the NUMERIC key pad press156