Changing keyboard symbols

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Wayne Mason

I lived in Arizona and bought my laptop there. I am now back in Englan
and have more use for the symbol '£' but it is not on the keyboard an
I have to cut and paste it from the character map. How do I deselect
symbol I don't use and select the '£' symbol to take its place on th
keyboard
 
Wayne said:
I lived in Arizona and bought my laptop there. I am now back in England
and have more use for the symbol '£' but it is not on the keyboard and
I have to cut and paste it from the character map. How do I deselect a
symbol I don't use and select the '£' symbol to take its place on the
keyboard?
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Change your locale and keyboard settings in the Control Panel applet for
Regional Settings.

Malke
 
Malke said:
Wayne Mason wrote:
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I lived in Arizona and bought my laptop there. I am now back in
England
and have more use for the symbol '£' but it is not on the keyboard
and
I have to cut and paste it from the character map. How do I deselect
a
symbol I don't use and select the '£' symbol to take its place on the
keyboard?
-

Change your locale and keyboard settings in the Control Panel applet
for
Regional Settings.

Malke
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This doesn't work as it's an American keyboard layout that has no
picture for £. If it was an English keyboard everything would be fine
but it isn't and it'll be chaotic to change every single key by messing
in regional settings just so that the <shift 2> displays £, if it even
would be that key, I can't remember.
All I want to do is make it so a key of my choosing will display '£' on
the screen, I have the key in mind that I'll use and all I want to know
is how do I achieve this.
 
Wayne said:
I lived in Arizona and bought my laptop there. I am now back in England
and have more use for the symbol '£' but it is not on the keyboard and
I have to cut and paste it from the character map. How do I deselect a
symbol I don't use and select the '£' symbol to take its place on the
keyboard?
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After using Google for less than a minute I found
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx
that may get you started on what you want to do. Further searching may
find the key code you will need for the £ symbol.
 
That is alt+0163 to get £



message
| Wayne Mason wrote:
| > I lived in Arizona and bought my laptop there. I am now
back in England
| > and have more use for the symbol '£' but it is not on
the keyboard and
| > I have to cut and paste it from the character map. How
do I deselect a
| > symbol I don't use and select the '£' symbol to take its
place on the
| > keyboard?
| >
| >
| >
| >
| After using Google for less than a minute I found
|
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx
| that may get you started on what you want to do. Further
searching may
| find the key code you will need for the £ symbol.
 
Jim said:
That is alt+0163 to get £
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That code works for getting the symbol from the keyboard but the link I
referenced has you entering hex codes for the key you are mapping and
what you want to replace it. Not sure if they are the same.
 
U+00A3



message
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > That is alt+0163 to get £
| >
| >
| That code works for getting the symbol from the keyboard
but the link I
| referenced has you entering hex codes for the key you are
mapping and
| what you want to replace it. Not sure if they are the
same.
|
|
| >
| > message
| >
| > | Wayne Mason wrote:
| > | > I lived in Arizona and bought my laptop there. I am
now
| > back in England
| > | > and have more use for the symbol '£' but it is not
on
| > the keyboard and
| > | > I have to cut and paste it from the character map.
How
| > do I deselect a
| > | > symbol I don't use and select the '£' symbol to take
its
| > place on the
| > | > keyboard?
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | After using Google for less than a minute I found
| > |
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx
| > | that may get you started on what you want to do.
Further
| > searching may
| > | find the key code you will need for the £ symbol.
| >
| >
 
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