how do you get the pound sign on keyboard

[wrldwzrd89]

In Safari, that will open the third bookmark in your bookmarks bar.

I think you meant command-3, not option-3...
Option-3 on a Mac will ALWAYS produce a character, never a command.

 

[Squire]

I think you meant command-3, not option-3...
Option-3 on a Mac will ALWAYS produce a character, never a command.

Kyle? was responding to my query about using the Apple key + 3. (I jokingly wondered if it would produce the abbreviation for pound, the measurement of weight.) I think you just read the top part of the post.

Squire

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Kyle? was responding to my query about using the Apple key + 3. (I jokingly wondered if it would produce the abbreviation for pound, the measurement of weight.) I think you just read the top part of the post.

Squire

Yes, I sure did exactly that. Oh well

 

[simply258]

Does anyone else find it kinda cool that option-3 and shift-3 both give you a pound sign?

option-3 = £
shift-3 = #

# = hash

 

[rainman::|:|]

actually, it's not pound OR hash. the technical, scientific name for # is "tic-tac-toe symbol".

I liked special character finding a lot more in the days of Key Caps (they axed this in Panther). Simple app, showed a graphical representation of your keyboard, and the letters would change to their corresponding symbols if you held down option, shift, or option-shift. I did not actually realize that a special symbol locator was still in Panther, just moved to the keyboard menu-- how annoying.

paul