how do i type the euro sign on a uk keyboard
Can someone please tell me how to type the euro sign on a uk keyboard. Shift,option, 2 types the ™
Can someone please tell me how to type the euro sign on a uk keyboard. Shift,option, 2 types the ™
Option and 2.
(137411)
Option and 2.
(137411)
My new MacBook Air, bought in the UK, option 2 gives TM symbol. There is only BRITISH on the system menu & obviously that is what is selected, there appears nowhere I can select a euro symbol **sigh** why do they make simple things so difficult?
narrabeam wrote:
My new MacBook Air, bought in the UK, option 2 gives TM symbol.
If you want option 2 to produce €, go to system preferences/keyboard/input sources and make sure that you have ONLY British on the list (not US, not British PC, not ABC).
When option 2 produces ™, then € should be at option shift 2.
Topcat5 wrote:
on my macbook pro it's fn+alt+2
You should never need to type fn for anything like this. If you cannot get € with simply option-shift 2 or option 2 or option 4, let us know what keyboard layout you are using. option = alt
Hit Option+3 to type the BritishPound symbol on a Mackeyboard, here's what the quidsignlooks like – £ ForMacusers with a US keyboard layout, this is easy to remember because the 3 key is the #POUND symbol, so with the same name as the BritishPoundcurrencysymbol, that should be simple to recall.Nov 8, 2009
Option + 2 is TM
UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH "ALT 2" ON A UK KEYBOARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU NOW GET "TM". I HAVE NOT CHANGED MY KEYBOARD, ALL THAT IS DIFFERENT IS THE LATEST OPERATING SYSTEM, SIERRA.
lllaass wrote:
Hit Option+3 to type the BritishPound symbol on a Mackeyboard, here's what the quidsignlooks like – £ ForMacusers with a US keyboard layout, this is easy to remember because the 3 key is the #POUND symbol, so with the same name as the BritishPoundcurrencysymbol, that should be simple to recall.Nov 8, 2009
Option + 2 is TM
On a UK keyboard as the original poster has Option 3 generates the hash symbol i.e. #, on a UK keyboard Shift 3 generates a pound i.e. £ symbol. On a UK keyboard Option 2 generates a euro symbol i.e. €. (On a UK keyboard Shift Option 2 generates the trademark i.e. ™ symbol.)
On a US keyboard Option 2 generates the trademark symbol i.e. ™ and Option 3 generates the pound symbol i.e. £.
If as the original poster i.e. sarahfromportugal is experiencing one has a UK keyboard and Option 2 is generating the ™ symbol then this would strongly suggest that the Mac is configured to think it has a US layout keyboard. This should be corrected by opening System Preferences, going to Keyboard, then going to Input Sources and adding the British keyboard layout and deleting the U.S. layout. It would probably also be a good idea to go to System Preferences -> Language & Region and then making sure that also is set to United Kingdom rather than United States.
Other countries will be different again. The following Apple KB article details all the Apple made keyboards and their layouts. See - How to identify keyboard localizations - Apple Support
I find it ironic that the most of the citizens of the country that gave us Twitter and the hashtag are unable to correctly name the # and £ symbols. (It should be obvious where the term hashtag derives its name from.)
ROGERCPORTUGAL wrote:
UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH "ALT 2" ON A UK KEYBOARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU NOW GET "TM". I HAVE NOT CHANGED MY KEYBOARD, ALL THAT IS DIFFERENT IS THE LATEST OPERATING SYSTEM, SIERRA.
Go to system prefs/keyboard/input sources and make sure there is only one item on the list, called British (NOT British PC or any US or ABC version)
John Lockwood wrote:
On a UK keyboard Option 2 generates a euro symbol i.e. €.
This is only true for a keyboard made by Apple. Everyone else has € at Option 4 on a UK keyboard.
Thanks John, this works on my MacBook Air.
Option 2 gives me the € symbol!
Hope this helps someone else too.
The use of # as hashtag is very recent, only a few years old. The historical use was to represent pounds (weight) in invoice line items:
item 6) 10# apples @$5.16 $51.60
You need to set up your keyboard in sys prefs to be british not us
that solves the problem
on my macbook pro it's fn+alt+2
Yes. That works for me too. mid 2009 MBP 17". Thanks.
Brian Mahler wrote:
Yes. That works for me too. mid 2009 MBP 17". Thanks.
Interesting! You are saying that just typing alt-2 or alt-4 or alt-shift-2 does not produce €, you have to type fn first?
how do i type the euro sign on a uk keyboard