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Old Sep 8th 2017, 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
FIFY

You certainly didn't "fix" it, I checked before I posted (even though I use "Alt 155" frequently), and you obviously just jumped to the wrong conclusion!
Interesting because 155 gives me ¢ and 0163 gives me £ . Maybe we just use different fonts.
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Originally Posted by chawkins99
You're all wrong. On my keyboard, it's ALT-156.
You are correct. I made a fat-finger error on my phone, then copied it in my second post.
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Originally Posted by chawkins99
You're all wrong. On my keyboard, it's ALT-156.
ALT-156 for me too.
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Originally Posted by mrken30
Interesting because 155 gives me ¢ and 0163 gives me £ . Maybe we just use different fonts.
Nope, it was my fat-finger error, it's 156.
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Old Sep 8th 2017, 3:40 pm
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156 works for me also, yet character map still says alt-0163

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You have to use the number pad. If you don't have a number pad use fn+alt + 156

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Originally Posted by mrken30
156 works for me also, yet character map still says alt-0163
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So? Do you have a problem with Alt 156 working?
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
So? Do you have a problem with Alt 156 working?
Both options work for me. I did not know about 156 until today, I had always used character map to look up the keyboard shortcuts for symbols.
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Originally Posted by mrken30
Both options work for me. ....
You are not special.
.... I did not know about 156 until today, I had always used character map ....
You should broaden your outlook.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
You are not special.

You should broaden your outlook.
It's character building!
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just buy a laptop in the US, it'll be way cheaper. Your parents can order it on Amazon.com (not uk) and deliver it straight to your US address.
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We just bought two Win 10 laptops and the set up procedure gives one the choice of keyboard layouts plus option of multiple layouts.
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