how do i get the pound sign on my keyboard?

[Kevin Flowers]

Hi
you have the computer set for USA, go to Control Panel then Regional & Language settings set to English.

Hope this helps

Kev

[Nick Minall]

You need to set the language for the key board Brian

control panel > regional and language > advanced > select a language set to English (United Kingdom)

[FireBlade_Al]

Good morning Brian,

Have you tried setting up the keyboard through the control panel? Has your OS been set up to use a UK keyboard? Are your regional settings set to UK?

Alan

[Brian Little]

hmm done that guys …..the currency is set at pounds……and its set to english united kinddom …and pressed the apply button ..no luck

[FireBlade_Al]

Brian, what OS are you on?

[FireBlade_Al]

have you rebooted your PC since changing settings?

[David Rowland]

u need to restart the program you was using or reboot after a keyboard change.

Also, in bottom right corner you may have US or UK next to the time, make sure it says UK or something like that.

If struggling really badly

£

Double click on the Pound symbol above, right mouse button and Copy, then go to your design software and into Text edit, then choose Edit / Paste or press Ctrl-V

[Brian Little]

cheers guys ive went into other garage stuff and used one of those pound signs …ill work on it when i get back …as usuall time aint on my side ….your help is appreciated as usual ..have a good weekend

[David Rowland]

all keyboards are the same… its windows that changes it

Control panel > Regional and Language Options and change every setting that says United States to United Kingdom

[Andrew Ritchie]

Brian,

Hold down "ALT" and press 1,5,6 and you get a lovely "£" symbol.

Andy 😎

[Brian Little]

hmmm ive just tried that Andy in the tex comp box and nothing …really weird ive never changed any of the settings

[Nick Minall]

In control panel > regional and language is regional options set to English(United Kingdom) Brian?

[Andrew Ritchie]

if you’ve never changed any settings you could try "system restore" to a few days before problem started.

When doing the trick i mentioned make sure its on the number pad you type the numbers whilt holding down "alt" after last digit let go of "alt" and a £ symbol shol appear in your text compose box.

Andy 😎

[Brian Little]

YIPEEEEE!!!! that worked ….im now the proud owner of £ signs ..i should say im writing this from the laptop in case you wondered where the pound signs came from on this 😀 As i have said im still using 98 for the cutter and signlab 4.95 ..i know iknow it belongs in a museum but it does the job for me .I went into keyboard settings as well as regional …in keyboard settings it was English {united states } that i couldnt change as it was asking for the windows 98 disk.The comp was built just recently for me so i dont have the disk ….Anyway ive got my pound signs and thats all that matters ..thanks my friends speak later

[Martin Pearson]

Brian, glad to hear you are sorted, nothing wrong with windows 98 apart from the fact that Microsoft don’t support it any more.
I still run a laptop on windows 98 because Inspire Pro won’t run on anything above 98. Don’t connect to the internet with it though, use a different laptop or desktop machine for that.

[Brian Little]

cheers Martin ….thats whats great about the boards …theres always somebody thats had "the problem" or knows how to sort it 😀 :