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Carl7
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Q: can i get a £ on the ipad pro smart keyboard?

Hi, Ive just purchased a Ipad pro but Im told the smart keyboard is only available in US English, does tis mean I cant tyoe a £

iPad, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Nov 13, 2015 6:52 AM

by Flat Eric,Solvedanswer
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I you set your hardware keyboard to British in Settings->Keyboards then when you type Shift 3 you get a £ character.  This has just been typed with a Smart keyboard on the iPad Pro.

Posted on Nov 17, 2015 1:31 AM

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Q: can i get a £ on the ipad pro smart keyboard?

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  • by PaulSG,

    PaulSG PaulSG Nov 14, 2015 8:15 AM in response to Carl7
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    Nov 14, 2015 8:15 AM in response to Carl7

    Does anyone know if or when a UK English Smart Keyboard might be coming on the market? I understand this is a third-party product so doubt of Apple will know.

  • by Flat Eric,Solvedanswer

    Flat Eric Flat Eric Nov 17, 2015 1:31 AM in response to Carl7
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    Nov 17, 2015 1:31 AM in response to Carl7

    I you set your hardware keyboard to British in Settings->Keyboards then when you type Shift 3 you get a £ character.  This has just been typed with a Smart keyboard on the iPad Pro.

  • by PaulSG,

    PaulSG PaulSG Nov 17, 2015 1:54 AM in response to Flat Eric
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    Nov 17, 2015 1:54 AM in response to Flat Eric

    Many thanks for that Eric Flat.

    I guess then that the splurge on the Apple iPad Pro website is misleading when it states that "..only the US keyboard is available..."

  • by Flat Eric,Helpful

    Flat Eric Flat Eric Nov 17, 2015 2:11 AM in response to PaulSG
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    Nov 17, 2015 2:11 AM in response to PaulSG

    I guess they're referring to the physical layout of the keys - on the US layout (the only one currently available) then the shifted 3 character is a # sign, and this is what displays on your screen but if you change the region for the keyboard in Settings as mentioned above you get the £ sign when you type a shifted 3.

    So it's misleading but not inaccurate I suppose.  I'm just glad I can type the £ sign (if you do need the # sign it's Option 3 with the hardware keyboard set to British)

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Nov 17, 2015 5:26 AM in response to PaulSG
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    Nov 17, 2015 5:26 AM in response to PaulSG

    PaulSG wrote:

     

    I guess then that the splurge on the Apple iPad Pro website is misleading when it states that "..only the US keyboard is available..."

     

    "Keyboard" refers to  the printing on the hardware.  See this page for the various apple keyboards that users might want smart versions of:

     

    How to identify keyboard localizations - Apple Support