How is the British pound sterling symbol selected on a US supplied keyboard?
Can a key function be reallocated to allow selection of the pound sign?
MacBook Air
I have the American MacBrook Pro - to obtain the pound sterling sign - just press the 'shift key' and '3' £££££ there you go!
Option-3 gives you this: £
Shift 3 gives you this: #
I guess it just depends which country your keyboard was manufactured in - so I am ok with Shift Key and 3 that gives me £ if I used option and then 3 I just get the hash tag ie. # So guys need to try both to determine.
marionfromdevon wrote:
I guess it just depends which country your keyboard was manufactured in
All Mac keyboards are made in China.
System Preferences > Keyboard > Text. Click the + symbol to add a keyboard shortcut. Click in the left empty Replace text window and place GBP there. Tab, and enter option+# (£) in the With text input area. Click outside of this row to set the contents. Exit System Preferences.
In the application where you wish to have this substitution performed for you, in the Edit menu > Substitutions submenu, select Text Replacement. Then when you type GBP, a floating panel will open below GBP with the pound sterling symbol — just press the spacebar.
Another approach is to use the special character viewer from the bottom of the Edit menu. If ISO-8859-1 is not one of your categories, use the gear icon in the top left to add it. Click on the £ symbol, and in the enlarged view on the right, click on the Add to Favorites. In the future, when you want to add the pound sterling symbol, launch this character viewer, click on Favorites at the top of the category column, and then double-click the £ symbol to have it inserted at the current pointer location in your document. Not as efficient as typing GBP.
How is the British pound sterling symbol obtained? Can a key function be replaced by the pound sign - how is this done?
