How to change a comma in a dot?

Leeloo the 5th · Aug 3, 2005

Hey all, I hope I've posted this in the right forum! Here is my "problem": when pressing the "dot" key in the numeric pad on my Apple keyboard (next to the "0" and right under the "3"), a comma appears. Now when typing in numbers, I much more often need the dot than the comma, and I find it slows me down quite a bit to go and press shift+; to make the dot (I have a Belgian keyboard).
What can I do in order to have a dot appear instead of a comma when I use the key in the num pad?
Thanks!

Le Big Mac · Aug 3, 2005

Leeloo the 5th said:
Hey all, I hope I've posted this in the right forum! Here is my "problem": when pressing the "dot" key in the numeric pad on my Apple keyboard (next to the "0" and right under the "3"), a comma appears. Now when typing in numbers, I much more often need the dot than the comma, and I find it slows me down quite a bit to go and press shift+; to make the dot (I have a Belgian keyboard).
What can I do in order to have a dot appear instead of a comma when I use the key in the num pad?
Thanks!

I think Preferences-->International-->Format should fix it. If you change the preferences for decimal and separator to the U.S. version (. for decimal, comma for separator) as opposed to the Euro version (reverse of that), that might get the problem fixed.

Alternatively, change the keyboard type to U.S. You may have to adjust on other keys, but that woudl get the english approach.

Leeloo the 5th · Aug 3, 2005

Thanks for the suggestions, I tried them but unfortunately they didn't help. Changing the international format doesn't change the comma into a dot. Changing the keyboard layout however does make that change, but then the rest of the keyboard is hell to use (Belgian keyboards are azerty, not qwerty, ...).
Isn't there an app to change the character that is assigned to individual keys?

mkrishnan · Aug 3, 2005

There used to be a program that let you re-map any key, but I'm not sure it supports Tiger:

http://gnufoo.org/ucontrol/ucontrol.html

There also appear to be ways to make a custom keyboard layout that is almost identical to the US one, but has the re-mapping you want, but it doesn't seem to be so easy:

http://www.snark.de/index.cgi/0007

Leeloo the 5th · Aug 5, 2005

Thanks for the help! Finally - and by chance - I found a very simple solution! I'm writing it down here, so if people have a similar problem and search the forums, this might help.
To change the comma, that appears when using the numeric pad, in a dot, I just press Shift at the same time. I do that with my left hand, which leaves my right hand free to quickly type numbers and dots, which is what I usually do.

michaelrjohnson · Aug 5, 2005

Great tip, thanks!

Jemain · Mar 21, 2011

THX!!!

Was looking for this, every time i had to type in an IP address (which I have to do a LOT) i had to go type in the numbers and dots on left side of keyboard.
This will save me hours

Thx man

Halcyon · Mar 23, 2011

There's an app called UKELELE that lets you easily remap your keyboard to whatever you desire.

HTH

jcvanderwal · Sep 2, 2013

I use KeyRemap4macbook [1] to reassign the dot on the numeric keypad. Select the "Swap Dot and Shift+Dot" option.

[1] https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/

Wally© · Jul 7, 2015

Switched to an iMac from PC a week ago...

Got a numerical keyboard and was finally able to replace the comma with the dot...

Confirming that it works on Yosemite...

sudjes · Dec 2, 2016

Leeloo the 5th said:
Hey all, I hope I've posted this in the right forum! Here is my "problem": when pressing the "dot" key in the numeric pad on my Apple keyboard (next to the "0" and right under the "3"), a comma appears. Now when typing in numbers, I much more often need the dot than the comma, and I find it slows me down quite a bit to go and press shift+; to make the dot (I have a Belgian keyboard).
What can I do in order to have a dot appear instead of a comma when I use the key in the num pad?
Thanks!

Within Word, Go to
> preferences (cmd + ,)
> Autocorrect tab
> Remove Check from "Replace Text As you Type".

bcave098 · Dec 2, 2016

sudjes said:
Within Word, Go to
> preferences (cmd + ,)
> Autocorrect tab
> Remove Check from "Replace Text As you Type".

First, the OP is talking about Numbers, this had nothing to do with Word. Second, this thread is from 2005.

solos-be · Feb 20, 2019

Leeloo the 5th said:
Thanks for the help! Finally - and by chance - I found a very simple solution! I'm writing it down here, so if people have a similar problem and search the forums, this might help.
To change the comma, that appears when using the numeric pad, in a dot, I just press Shift at the same time. I do that with my left hand, which leaves my right hand free to quickly type numbers and dots, which is what I usually do.

This is not a solution but a workaround , and about as unpractical as holding the shift

I want the key to produce the caracter that is it shows

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