Pound sign on american keyboard?

Question

well my laptop keyboard style is american is there a way i could change it to u.k style like when you press the shift button and "2" and then the @ sign comes up.

its just i can find the pound sign anywhere so can you tell me which button it is or how to change the format?

thanks.

Answer 1

go into to word the insert than symbols , find the sign then right click or find another way to make a shortcut

Answer 2

shift + 3

Good luck.

Answer 3

its also the number symbol on 3.  Hit shift and 3 at the same time.  I have an American laptop keyboard.... ###### and I can do it.  

Answer 4

You can change the keyboard layout using the keyboard control panel applet (start - settings - control panel - keyboard - Input Locales) however this does not affect the layout used during logon (which is by default English (United States)). To change this perform the following:

   1. Start the registry editor  (regedit.exe)

   2. Move to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload

   3. Double click on 1 and change the number to your local layout (you could get this by looking at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload1). Click OK

   4. You may also change HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\Locale to this value however it is not mandatory to do so.

   5. Close the registry editor

   6. Logoff and then on again

Make sure you select a country code that has been installed via the control panel or your system will not boot.

U.K. code is: 00000809

and the # is atop the 3, shift + 3 = # ;)