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Offline GreyHexagon

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UK pound sign on ANSI keyboard help?
« on: Thu, 04 May 2017, 21:46:39 »
I live in the UK where we use ISO as standard, but I tend to use ANSI for mechanical keyboards as keycaps are easier to find and so on

For the most part Im used to the layout so its all fine untill I need to type the "£" sign. I have a 100% and I can use the ALT+156, but it wont work on my 60% as i obviously dont have the num pad.
For some reason it doesnt work on the 100% when i use the numbers across the top, so im assuming it's that?

do I have to resort to macros?

pls help

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Re: UK pound sign on ANSI keyboard help?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 04 May 2017, 21:49:37 »
make a macro

if you have a programmable keyboard, program it in
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Re: UK pound sign on ANSI keyboard help?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 04 May 2017, 21:53:12 »
I usually Google Pound Sign and copy paste it, or if I'm lazy I'll just put GBP on the end.

Make a macro or reprogram your keyboard.

Offline GreyHexagon

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Re: UK pound sign on ANSI keyboard help?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 04 May 2017, 21:59:48 »
ok thanks Ill get onto making a macro, does anyone have any idea why it only works with the number pad and not the regular numbers tho?

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Re: UK pound sign on ANSI keyboard help?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 04 May 2017, 22:41:14 »
ok thanks Ill get onto making a macro, does anyone have any idea why it only works with the number pad and not the regular numbers tho?

That's just the scancode. No real reason for it.
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