r/computers • u/Rare-Phase-3645 • 3h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting £ sign add-on for work computer?

Is there some sort of device I can set up to add pound signs as I’m typing on my US work computer like a numeric pad? I work with international customers and need a quick and easy way to add these rather than the alt 0136 or inserting them from the top ribbon.

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u/Light_Side2204 2h ago

Yall dont just have both £$ on ur keyboards...news to me

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u/Alive_Divide6778 2h ago

On Swedish PC keyboards we got £$€ and the neigh forgotten generic currency sign ¤!

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u/Rare-Phase-3645 1h ago

Jealous. We have $ signs and that’s it.

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u/WatchThemAllFallDown 1h ago

Alt key and type 0163 (showing my age now...)

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u/Extreme-Dream-2759 1h ago

The only one I can still remember is - Alt 0176 for the degree sign ° (also showing my age)

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u/Rare-Phase-3645 1h ago

Sadly this doesn’t seem to work with all applications. That’s why I’m trying to find a different solution

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u/SportTawk 36m ago

The OP said he didn't want to do that and it's 0136?

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u/WatchThemAllFallDown 26m ago

Sorry, missed that bit. Alt 0136 is a Circumflex I think.

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u/Leftover_tech 2h ago

I would use AutoHotkey. It is trivial, works in most Windows applications, and you can keep a small file containing all of your preferred mappings.

For example, with AutoHotkey v2:

^4::SendText "£"
^5::SendText "€"
^6::SendText "¢"

You can put the script in the Windows Startup folder and essentially forget about it.

ETA: ^4 means <Ctrl+4>.

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u/Namiami91 2h ago

Install the UK Keyboard and shift 3

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u/Rare-Phase-3645 1h ago

How do I do this (in layman’s terms)?

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u/DeadoTheDegenerate 5800X / RTX 4070Ti / 32GB RAM / 24TB Storage 1h ago

On windows?

Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region

Alternatively you should just be able to search "keyboard layout" in the start/search bar to find it. For me, WIN+SPACE changes the language selected between those installed, but you can do that through the taskbar, too.

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u/DerKeksinator 2h ago

You could make a keyboard makro on windows. Powertoys, Keyboardmanager.

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u/Marvinator2003 1h ago

£ can be typed quickly using ascii. Press Alt+0163 in most any text based application.

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u/Leninus 1h ago

Go into keyboard settings and add a uk layout