Cannot make UK Keyboard work on my iMac - @" keys the wrong way round.

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Cannot make UK Keyboard work on my iMac - @" keys the wrong way round.

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I'm a secretary working from home and I find the Apple keyboard annoying to use, I want to use my nice normal keyboard that I'm used to so I can touch type and have the number etc. It's a Logitech if that helps? So I've plugged in my old keyboard, but my PC is not recognising the keys are the right way round and still thinks the " is above the ', and that the @ is above 2.

To summarise: I press shift 2 and it brings up a @ instead of a ", and vice versa. Can anyone help? 🙂 It's driving me nuts! Thanks.

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Posted on Nov 24, 2012 4:40 AM

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Alberto Ravasio

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Nov 24, 2012 5:03 AM in response to AmyWhatever

Check System Preferences, Language & Text, Input Sources, scroll down the list on the left box, there should be more than one British option. I've got 2 on mine. Try the others.

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Nov 24, 2012 6:54 AM in response to AmyWhatever

There are Logitech options in the list, too. Try the UK or US ones.

I can't test it as Keyboard Viewer ignores it with a Mac keyboard connected.

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Tom Gewecke

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Nov 24, 2012 8:27 AM in response to AmyWhatever

AmyWhatever wrote:

To summarise: I press shift 2 and it brings up a @ instead of a ", and vice versa. Can anyone help? 🙂 It's driving me nuts! Thanks.

Go to system preferences/language & text/input sources and UNcheck the box for British and check the box for British-PC.

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