I've got a USA macbook air and i need to find alternate symbols on the keyboard
Hey, I've got a USA macbook air and I need to find a UK pound symbol.....can you help? Thanks x
Go>Preferences>Language & Text>Input sources
Now go on down to "British" and check off the box for your flag there. All good? Okay, close up.
Back to the screen. You see that little flag up there in the corner of your screen? Click on it. Pick the right flag so the Union Jack is flying in that corner. Good. Now click on the flag and pick: "Keyboard viewer."
Now hit the shift key on that keyboard viewer and you'll see where the pound sign and other symbols now are and will always be so long as that little British flag is in the corner. Should be #3. This will save you having to do any combo of keys in order to get the British pound sign.
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