pound sign

[reeba]

Hi folks
doe's anyone know how I can get a pound sign?
I operate my buisness from home and was using a pc but we now have a mac and I'm stumped when it comes to sending out invoices to people and desperately need to know how to generate a pound sign.
Thanks

 

[Schtumple]

Hi folks
doe's anyone know how I can get a pound sign?
I operate my buisness from home and was using a pc but we now have a mac and I'm stumped when it comes to sending out invoices to people and desperately need to know how to generate a pound sign.
Thanks

Should be just above the number 3? or is that a euro for you?

 

[rsd]

do you mean GBP sign ,£, or the pound/hash sign ,#, ?

 

[reeba]

Hi, yes it was the GBP sign I was looking for and thanks for the help. It's a hash sign above the number 3 but when I hit the up key I get ££££ and not a hash sign, so many thanks folks.

 

[IJ Reilly]

A tip: Open the International system preference and check "Keyboard Viewer." This will make the viewer available under the flag on the right side of the menu bar. Mac old-timers will remember this as Key Caps.

 

[hughvane]

when I hit the up key I get ££££ and not a hash sign, so many thanks folks.

If at some future stage you or anyone needs currency symbols, use the Character Palette, which is part of the OS, and is located in the keyboard flag drop-down menu in the top menu bar.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Do I hear an echo? I believe I do!

(BTW, it's called the Keyboard Viewer, and you do have to turn it on as in the post above.)

 

[mkrishnan]

Is it just me, or is it odd that it is specifically people from Ireland who seem to ask this question?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/261019/

 

[IJ Reilly]

Don't you start now.

 

[logana]

I think that is because there seems to be a lot of US sourced Mac's in Ireland.

However, I don't know the reason for that (maybe something to do with the price ?).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

My keyboard on my MBP (sourced in Ireland, along with a charming little Irish tricolour flying in the top right hand corner) sports the GBP sterling symbol over the number three. The Euro sign is over two, but requires "alt" to be clicked as well in order to bring it up. However, I was absolutely fascinated to learn that the charming flag was more than decorative; thanks to hughvane and IJ Reilly for enlightening me; that is really interesting. Quite genuinely, you learn something new on this forum every day.

Cheers, thanks and good luck