Hello Keith,
What you have is the Apple British layout which is clearly different
from a PC. Several people have complained about this which is why I
asked you to check the Pound key. In the past, different makes of
typewriter had slightly different layouts for the non-alphabetic keys,
but when computers arrived on the scene, many more signs were required
and the various manufacturers chose their own layouts. What we have
here, is Apple's choice of layout. I believe you can remap keys but
I've never done it as this is the layout I've been used to for years.
Cheers,
Anne
On Nov 24, 2007, at 9:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for that Anne.
now a funny thing the keyboard does indeed say £ under shift 3 as
you would expect it to, however things like
@ ", | ~
quote tilda vertical bar etc are still, as far as I am concerned,
in the wrong place. Sorry if I offend anyone who are used to
the American layout. it's just what I am used to.
Keith
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
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Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: keyboard
Hello Keith,
On Nov 24, 2007, at 4:48 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
does anyone know how to change the keyboard on my Macbook from
american layout to British?
The place to do this is the International pane in System
Preferences, but are you sure it's set to American? If Shift-3
gives you a pound sign and Option-3 gives you Number, then your
keyboard is already set to British.
also could anyone tell me when using spell checker how do i get
it to give me a list of replacement options i.e if i spell a word
wrong it will take me there but won't give me any options to
replace it
Press command-semicolon and VO will speak the first misspelled word
in your text. Repeat this procedure until it speaks the word you
want to change, then press Control and click the trackpad button
(VO-Shift-m doesn't seem to work for this). Use up and down arrows
to find the replacement word you want then press Return.
Cheers,
Anne
