We had american macs in my company, # is called pound in america, and pressing alt+# produces a uk £ symbol. good luck if you ever run windows in bootcamp though...
On 16 November 2010 21:20, Keith Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to complete the list of differences (excluding the missing tilde key > at Bottom left of keyboard) > The @ and " are also annoyingly reversed on US board:- > > UK Board US Board > NORMAL 2 3 4 ' 2 3 4 @ > UPPERCASE @ £ $ " ' $ £ " > ALT/OPTION € # ¢ æ € # ¢ æ > > I am not 100% sue of the Alt?Opt values on the US board though > > Keith > ====================================================== > > Nicklas Mikkelinen wrote: > > Hey, > > Cool - thought I messed something up with the settings and gave you the > wrong info x) > Yeah I like being able to have €$¢£ as well as it's easier when typing to > people. > > Oh and as for my last name - aye I'm part Finnish but I reside in Sweden. > All is well that ends well - cool that your issue got resolved :) > > Nicklas > > On 16 Nov 2010, at 21:01, Peter Hillier wrote: > > Shift 3 is indeed the pound sign but the dollar is key 4 it's the # key > that is the 3 button to print # (option 3) Just for your info, (option 4) > is ¢. Actually it is very useful having all 3 currency options available on > a keyboard! > > Thanks for the clarification Sam and thanks to Nicklas too, for his stab > at my problem. Problem now solved! > > Best, Peter > On 16 Nov 2010, at 19:32, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > If british is ticked and greyed out, that means it's the only one ticked > and thus can't be unticked (you need to have at least one input method > selected). > > When you push shift + 3 does it give the £ or $ sign? If it gives £ > despite having $ printed on it, then it's using a british keyboard layout. > > If you want to swap the 3 key to one that's got £ rather than $ printed > on it, you might be able to find a set of keyboard keys on ebay. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
