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Blair
A friend has a fault on his keyboard. If he wants @ he has to use " (shift
2). How can he correct this?
Blair
2). How can he correct this?
Blair
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Tom [Pepper] Willett
How is that a fault?
|A friend has a fault on his keyboard. If he wants @ he has to use " (shift
| 2). How can he correct this?
| Blair
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|A friend has a fault on his keyboard. If he wants @ he has to use " (shift
| 2). How can he correct this?
| Blair
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Will Denny
Hi
Control Panel>Regional and Language Options. Make sure that all three tabs
and sub menus are set to the same Language - English (United Kingdom).
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Control Panel>Regional and Language Options. Make sure that all three tabs
and sub menus are set to the same Language - English (United Kingdom).
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Ken Blake, MVP
Blair said:A friend has a fault on his keyboard. If he wants @ he has to use "
(shift 2). How can he correct this?
That's not a fault, that's the standard for US keyboards.
Assuming your friend is in the UK, he needs to set Windows to use the UK
keyboard he has. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel, and double-click
Regional and Language options. Go to the Language tab, click Details, and
change it on the Settings tab.
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Andrew Murray
That would have nothing to do with it.
Shift+2 is the normal way on QWERTY keyboards to get the character "@".
Shift+2 is the normal way on QWERTY keyboards to get the character "@".
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Andrew Murray
Shift+2 for the "@" symbol is the normal way to type that character.
If your friend is thinking pressing Caps Lock will enable the 2nd charcters
of the numeral keys (like the caps lock makes all the letters uppercase), he
is mistaken. The "Caps lock" doesn't work on the number keys across the top
of the keyboard - the caps lock is for alpha characters only.
It is not a fault.
If your friend is thinking pressing Caps Lock will enable the 2nd charcters
of the numeral keys (like the caps lock makes all the letters uppercase), he
is mistaken. The "Caps lock" doesn't work on the number keys across the top
of the keyboard - the caps lock is for alpha characters only.
It is not a fault.
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David Candy
Unless you are from England where you get a ".
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David Candy
Seeing as your english gets better day by day I'll give you a link. Note you can also do this locally with Onscreen Keyboard but you have to set the language before starting it.
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/kbduk.htm
Which is the UK language layout.
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/kbduk.htm
Which is the UK language layout.
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David Candy
So the difference between a US keyboard and a UK keyboard is
" and @ swapped
# is a pound sign but they don't seem to have a # at all.
Also Right Hand Alt is marked Alt Gr (and Ctrl + Alt is the same thing). In US left and right alt are the same.
Alt Gr + ` = |
Alt Gr + 4 = € (Euro)
Alt Gr + e = é
Alt Gr + u = ú
Alt Gr + i = í
Alt Gr + o = ó
Alt Gr + a = á
Shift + Alt Gr makes them capitals.
There is also another UK keyboard (Extended) that add similar accents to above but for W and Y plus c becomes a Ç. It also has some extra quote marks but as I'm a US keyboard person I don't know what to do with them.
Here's a link that I left out of last post
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/keyboards.mspx
" and @ swapped
# is a pound sign but they don't seem to have a # at all.
Also Right Hand Alt is marked Alt Gr (and Ctrl + Alt is the same thing). In US left and right alt are the same.
Alt Gr + ` = |
Alt Gr + 4 = € (Euro)
Alt Gr + e = é
Alt Gr + u = ú
Alt Gr + i = í
Alt Gr + o = ó
Alt Gr + a = á
Shift + Alt Gr makes them capitals.
There is also another UK keyboard (Extended) that add similar accents to above but for W and Y plus c becomes a Ç. It also has some extra quote marks but as I'm a US keyboard person I don't know what to do with them.
Here's a link that I left out of last post
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/keyboards.mspx
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Will Denny
Hi
The guy is in the UK - Shift + 2 gives "
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The guy is in the UK - Shift + 2 gives "
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Blair
Thanks to all who replied. I'm apologise for not stating that I was from UK
It's all sorted now
Blair
It's all sorted now
Blair
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Will Denny
Glad your problem has been sorted out.
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Blair
Did this and found OK. So problem remainsKen Blake said:That's not a fault, that's the standard for US keyboards.
Assuming your friend is in the UK, he needs to set Windows to use the UK
keyboard he has. Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel, and double-click
Regional and Language options. Go to the Language tab, click Details, and
change it on the Settings tab.
Blair
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Blair
I spoke too soon. I had assumed that once I had carried out the operation
all would be sorted. However when I visited him the settings were correct
but still the wrong sign remained
Blair
all would be sorted. However when I visited him the settings were correct
but still the wrong sign remained
Blair
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David Candy
What settings. We can't see them. What country are you in. What country was the keyboard made for. You specify keys in their unshifted state so what key are you talking about - Shift + 2?
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Blair
I am in UK and the language is set for English
But on the keyboard there is no setting for language or country
Shift +2 gives @ and @ gives "
I don't know which country the keyboard was made for but since it is sold by
PC World I assume that they would only buy for the UK market
Blair
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
What settings. We can't see them. What country are you in. What country was
the keyboard made for. You specify keys in their unshifted state so what key
are you talking about - Shift + 2?
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But on the keyboard there is no setting for language or country
Shift +2 gives @ and @ gives "
I don't know which country the keyboard was made for but since it is sold by
PC World I assume that they would only buy for the UK market
Blair
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
What settings. We can't see them. What country are you in. What country was
the keyboard made for. You specify keys in their unshifted state so what key
are you talking about - Shift + 2?
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David Candy
Ken Blake told you what to do.
All keyboards are identical except for what is painted on the keys. Therefore someone has to tell windows that the keys are painted in UK setting so it knows to give @ for Shift + 2 rather than ".
So tell us exactly what you did and exactly what you saw to check the settings. That dialog has two panes. If English - UK or English - UK Extended isn't listed you clik Add to add it.
All keyboards are identical except for what is painted on the keys. Therefore someone has to tell windows that the keys are painted in UK setting so it knows to give @ for Shift + 2 rather than ".
So tell us exactly what you did and exactly what you saw to check the settings. That dialog has two panes. If English - UK or English - UK Extended isn't listed you clik Add to add it.
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Blair
I was looking at Regional& language options but I have now found that when I
clicked details there was the keyboard with the language option.
All clear now
Blair
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Ken Blake told you what to do.
All keyboards are identical except for what is painted on the keys.
Therefore someone has to tell windows that the keys are painted in UK
setting so it knows to give @ for Shift + 2 rather than ".
So tell us exactly what you did and exactly what you saw to check the
settings. That dialog has two panes. If English - UK or English - UK
Extended isn't listed you clik Add to add it.
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clicked details there was the keyboard with the language option.
All clear now
Blair
"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Ken Blake told you what to do.
All keyboards are identical except for what is painted on the keys.
Therefore someone has to tell windows that the keys are painted in UK
setting so it knows to give @ for Shift + 2 rather than ".
So tell us exactly what you did and exactly what you saw to check the
settings. That dialog has two panes. If English - UK or English - UK
Extended isn't listed you clik Add to add it.
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