Re: Changing keyboard symbols

Keyboards are "mapped" to send certain characters to the
display, but there are several hundred different characters,
you can see most on the "character map." You'll also notice
that on the character map window, there is a key stroke
means to display any ASCII character. If you have a
keyboard with 100 keys, you have a number pad and you use
the key code ALT key+ 0163 and when you let the ALT key
release, the £ is displayed. Many laptops do not have a
numeric pad, but the can use the keys in the keyboard to
simulate a numeric pad, see your laptop manual.


"Wayne Mason" <Wayne.Mason.2cb919@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:Wayne.Mason.2cb919@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|
| Pavel A. Wrote:
| > "Wayne Mason" wrote:-
| >
| > I have a laptop I bought in Arizona while I lived there,
it has an
| > American style keyboard and no £ sign on any key, I
have to use the
| > character map to cut & paste it as I use it often now
I'm back in
| > England.
| > How can I make a key of my own choosing display £ when
I press it?
| > Telling me to adjust regional settings is not the
correct answer as
| > an
| > American keyboard layout and an English keyboard layout
are different
| > and that would mess up everything.
| > -
| >
| > In addition to Jim's answer:
| >
| > - On-screen keyboard applet (in Accessories) can help.
| >
| > - Lenovo has a great keyboard remap utility for
Thinkpads,
| > it can do this (among other very useful functions)
| > Maybe your model has such utiity too.
| >
| > Regards,
| > --PA
|
| Thanks for your help but I'm afraid you're being too vague
as I simply
| don't have a clue how this answers my question. The on
screen keyboard
| just brings up an image of the keyboard I already
have......the one
| without '£' on it.
|
|
|
|
| --
| Wayne Mason


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