Euro symbol to Keyboard

steeljack · 25-09-2006, 21:48

anyone know an easy way for me to "add" the Euro currency and British Pound symbols to my keyboard, for when I'm using email and instant messanger , (currently have the $ symbol on upper case 4 )
Thanks

WillowTheWhisp · 25-09-2006, 21:52

The € symbol may work if you hit Ctrl Alt and 4 at the same time. It does on mine. The £ is an upper case 3 on mine.

accymel · 25-09-2006, 21:54

€ aahhhh it works cheers willow interesting to know that in case i need to €uro anything

steeljack · 25-09-2006, 21:58

sorry Willow , no luck with (Ctrl Alt 4 ) on this side of the Atlantic

WillowTheWhisp · 25-09-2006, 22:02

Hmm maybe the US keyboard isn't as versatile as ours then because we have the $ symbol as well as the € and the £.

accymel · 25-09-2006, 22:03

Will it not work using that but with the £ symbol key as opposite to ours using $??

WillowTheWhisp · 25-09-2006, 22:08

There might be a key combination that will do it. If I find out I'll let you know.

steeljack · 25-09-2006, 22:08

I guess each country has a different keyboard layout , I was in Germany recently and trying to use my son-in-laws PC was a nightmare , keys in different places and even extra letters (German alphabet has more than 26 letters) .

Roy · 25-09-2006, 22:10

I have a US keyboard and on mine the euro is alt-2, €.

WillowTheWhisp · 25-09-2006, 22:12

I wondered how they got the umlauts in Germany. I suppose they must have the same for accented letters in France.

mani · 26-09-2006, 23:17

its on the installation option for germany and france for the dots and the hyphen things

as for the euro installer - hold up i'm sure there was one somewhere

hmm no program

but try this american

US-International

AltGr+5

i presume ur using xp rite?

talentedbutslow · 27-09-2006, 09:06

my keyboard in OZ has the $ symbol.......but sometimes I wish to type a pound symbol too.......

Less · 27-09-2006, 10:30

Try this from wikipedia

It shows keys and keyboards of the world.

hope it helps.