Help!! Ive lost my "at" symbol....

[Mr Angry]

On this temp keyboard (dont ask) its supposed to be "shift / apostrophe" but dosnt work (nor does apostrophe as Ive just noticed) nor does the old "shift / 2" trick work.

Any ideas?

[bw41101]

Just check that your computer hasn't reverted to an American keyboard by default. The keys most affected are ~#/\?.

Just a thought.

Si thee

[Derek]

In the control panel under regional and language options is everything set to English (United Kingdom)

Start
All Programs
Accessories
System Tools
Character Map
2nd row 12 across

[Mr Angry]

Cheers for the tips guys - already set to english (UK).

Big up to foreverhelpful for the temp fix!!

Just sounds like the keyboards busted to me give it a blow perhaps lol

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Just sounds like the keyboards busted to me give it a blow perhaps lol

advocating cyber on a family forum, well i never!

[Druchii]

Here, copy this: @



Hope it gets fixed, and what happened to the other one?

[punky]

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

Cheers for the tips guys - already set to english (UK).

Big up to foreverhelpful for the temp fix!!

If you want a quicker temp fix, you can do this:

1. Make sure num lock is on
2. Hold down alt
3. Press 6 then 4 on the right keypad (with the arrows)
4. Release alt

At least until you get another keyboard

Wow - what a cool trick; good find, Gavin.

[punky]

No worries.

You can find a full table of codes here: http://www.asciitable.com/

---------- Post added at 14:00 ---------- Previous post was at 13:58 ----------

p.s. if you want to do backspace/delete, you need to do 08 instead or 8.

Originally Posted by Gavin

If you want a quicker temp fix, you can do this:

1. Make sure num lock is on
2. Hold down alt
3. Press 6 then 4 on the right keypad (with the arrows)
4. Release alt

At least until you get another keyboard

Ahh - olde stylee ASCII codes - used to use them all the time!

[info4u]

have you ahd a new keyboard recently or installed windows / reinstalled it
You may actually have an american keyboard with the english language on it

If you @ is located above the 2 then it is an american layout

see the images below...
United States Keyboard:



British Keyboard:



United States International Keyboard:



Image source: Wikipedia
Hope this helps

[xpod]

You could use your on screen keyboard to show you which key is denoted as @.
When you click shift the @ lights up as far as i recall(in xp)

Of course, changing it to a gb keyboard is a much better idea

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Failing all that just get back to letter writing instead of emailing everyone, lol