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    british pound sign on a US keyboard

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Fenella, Apr 23, 2011.

  1. Fenella

    Fenella Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, I have had the xps15 L502x for about 2 weeks now - bought from the US site so it has the US keyboard. I'm in the UK but haven't found the british pound sign yet. From googling, I hear it's alt 0163 or 0156 but neither work and I haven't got the numeric keypad if that is what you're supposed to type it on. Adv thx for any advice.
     
    Fenella, Apr 23, 2011
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    myth1001 Notebook Guru

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    Turn on your numpad. There must be a key to turn on numpad. If there isn't numpad, you can change the keyboard input to UK keyboard. Another solution is to use this program, http://www.autohotkey.com/
     
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    right alt + shift + 4
     
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    Fenella Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks. still does not work. I haven't got a numpad - I did change to the UK keyboard but it had a domino effect on the other keys also so I preferred swapping it back to US and finding a hotkey for just the sterling sign.
     
    Fenella, Apr 24, 2011
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    press windows + U and start the on-screen keybord, press right alt and/or shift untill you find it.
     
    Darkstone, Apr 24, 2011
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