Cordless Keyboard

[sumar]

I've just got a cordless mouse and keyboard and after strugglng for a fortnight I've managed to discover that shift 3 is not the asterix as it says it is, but the long searched for pound sign! I was so pleased to find this, but now I find that there is a sign for the 'at' as comes before hotmail.com, above the 2, but when I press it with shift, I get ". Not being able to type the actual figure makes it a little hard to explain but I do hope someone can please understand it because without it I can't type my e-mail address which is rather frustrating. Please help! Sue

[x-ray]

The at sign @ is on the 3rd row second from the right hand end - surely this is the standard keyboard layout

[aelmpvw]

don't know what make your keyboard is but pound sign is shift three on all the keyboards i have ever used

[Buenchico]

If the £ sign doesn't appear on the 3 key (and, indeed, appears to be missing altogether) you've obviously got a non-UK keyboard. There are several dozen different QWERTY layouts used throughout the world but none of them, that I know of, has an asterisk (*) on the 3 key; the international standard is for a hash (#) to be placed there, so I'll assume that's what you've got .

However if pressing Shift 3 produces the £ sign your computer is configured to think that you've got a UK keyboard anyway. If so, pressing Shift and the comma key together should give you the @ symbol.

Your alternatives are:
1. Simply learn to live with it ;
2. Use stickers or Tippex to change the key labels ;
3. Get a new (UK) keyboard - possibly best!!! ; or
4. Tell your computer that you've got a US keyboard (since that's the international standard). On the computer I'm using now, that's achieved by clicking on 'EN' at the bottom right of the screen, which gives me the option to change from 'English (United Kingdom)' to 'English (United States)'. If your computer has that option you can use it as well. Alternatively you'll need these instructions:
http://tinyurl.com/pbfprzp
The keys on your keyboard will then match what is typed. (To type a £ symbol, press AltGr and 3 together).

[Mamyalynne]

Is it not 'Shift' and 'Apostrophe' Buen ?

[Buenchico]

>>>Is it not 'Shift' and 'Apostrophe' Buen ?

I'm glad someone's awake today, Mamya!

Thank you for that; it is indeed Shift and the apostrophe.

Sorry, Sumar!

[Mamyalynne]

:-) - That's about as technical as I get.

[Svejk]

even I knew that chris, and I know nothing. ;o)
when are we getting another crossword?
I've done 2, in case I've missed one. cheers.

[Buenchico]

(With apologies to Sumar for going off-topic):

Svejk:
I've done several other crosswords for the guys down the pub (and I'm working on another one now) but I've not put them online because I wasn't sure that anyone wanted them. I'll try to put one or two in Chatterbank later today for you.

[Svejk]

cheers chris , i'll keep an eye out. ;)
yeah, apologies to sumar. ;-)

[Sycamore3House]

Why don't you press all the keys to find out what they are and then put stickers over the wrongly labelled ones.

[sumar]

Thank you all very much! It's now sorted and I am most grateful.