Re: re keyboard keys

From: phil (phil_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:39:01 -0800

with control and alt I get nothing at all,
with control i get nothing
with alt i get nothing
with shift or arrow up i get the following
~!@#$%^&*()| however when i go into dos the | turns into a split line which
I cannot display on here, basically the \ key with the split line.
Thanks for the help by the way,

"James" wrote:

>
> "phil" <phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E4C68FE2-7247-41C5-AB73-317114348A29@microsoft.com...
> > apologies I was called away yesterday, yes I need to get my keyboard to
> > display the straight line ( | ) sybol next to the
> > number 1 key, I have english set for region settings on all the tabs in
> > regional options, but cant get the keyboard to give me a straight line?
> > Any
> > help is appreciated, I have various keyboards windows basic mostly but a
> > few
> > others, but none work.
> > I get the following ~or` second one is right the first is wrong.
> > Thank you for the help.
> >
>
> Try ctrl-alt and the key in question - or maybe you are looking for the key
> to the left of Z - use shift along with this key to create a vertical line
>
> J
>
>
>

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