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Keyboard - Pound Sign

For some strange reason, the shift 3 no longer gives me a 'pound' sign but this ' # '. Does anyone know how to change it back? Not sure why it has changed or if I have pressed something accidentally.

IMAC, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 28, 2011 8:13 AM

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Mar 28, 2011 8:28 AM in response to Christine Davies

Sounds like you changed your keyboard language to US instead of British.

I can't see why you'd want to go back to that wonky British, but you can do it via System Preferences-Languages & Text, Input Sources. Check the British checkbox. Probably you want all others unchecked.

charlie

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Mar 28, 2011 8:16 AM in response to CT

How do I change it back?

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Mar 28, 2011 8:16 AM in response to Christine Davies

It is option-3 = £

-mj

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Mar 28, 2011 8:19 AM in response to macjack

Thank you for that. Very helpful, but I'd really like to change it permanently.

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Mar 28, 2011 8:23 AM in response to Christine Davies

I edited my post to indicate how to get back to British input. I even tested it out £££££ ! Yeehaw.

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Mar 28, 2011 8:28 AM in response to CT

Thank you. I wish it worked for me. I have British ticked but I still get this - # unless I use the option button as suggested above. Very strange.

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Mar 28, 2011 8:28 AM in response to Christine Davies

Hmmm. Nothing else is checked?

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Mar 28, 2011 8:29 AM in response to Christine Davies

aah ..... there was another box ticked as well - thank you very much!

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