How do I get the £ sign

Grandad@41 · Mar 23, 2012

Hi,

I have only had the iMac for a few weeks, having got fed up with Windows problems.

When I press "shift" and 3, I get #, if I press "alt" and 3, I get £.

Obviously these are wrong way round. The "shift" 3 should produce the £ sign.

I have change the language to English (UK). I have tried lots of iMacs on display in shops and nearly all have the same problem. I have seen a couple that are correct.

I would very much appreciate a solution to this problem.

pigoo3 · Mar 23, 2012

Grandad@41 said:
Hi,

I have only had the iMac for a few weeks, having got fed up with Windows problems.

When I press "shift" and 3, I get #, if I press "alt" and 3, I get £.

Obviously these are wrong way round. The "shift" 3 should produce the £ sign.

I have change the language to English (UK). I have tried lots of iMacs on display in shops and nearly all have the same problem. I have seen a couple that are correct.

I would very much appreciate a solution to this problem.

The quickest way to find out how to type a pound sign is to do a Google search!

http://osxdaily.com/2009/11/08/type-the-british-pound-symbol-in-mac-os-x/

But other than that...just hit the option + 3 keys (no plus sign).

Like this...££££££££££££

- Nick

p.s. It may also help to let us know what country you are from...and what keyboard you are using.

louishen · Mar 23, 2012

shift 3 shound produce a pound sign £ - there you go

You can select British from the input sources in Language and text preferences

if you have a union jack in the menu bat then shift 3 should work

Grandad@41 · Mar 24, 2012

Thanks Louishen,

Lovely, works Ok now.

How do I get the £ sign

Grandad@41

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