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From: "Keith Foster" <>
Subject: Re: [WRY] Pound sign
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:24:23 -0000
References: <009f01c2b5d6$593e9e60$1fbd32d2@oemcomputer>


Unfortunately Alt 156 will only work if an appropriate code page has been
loaded at boot time, something Microsoft do not automatically do for all
countries. In the international financial business arena, GBP is a common
abbreviation (avoids confusion with Maltese pounds etc) - along with USD to
differentiate from Canadian dollars and so on.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenda & Michael Craike" <>
To: <>
Sent: 06 January 2003 22:52
Subject: Re: [WRY] Pound sign


Hello all,

First Happy New Year to everyone.

Here is what you need to get the pound sign £

Hold down the Alt key & type in 156 (on number keypad at rightside of
keyboard) then release Alt key.

I have it wrote down on a peace of paper & keep it under the edge of the
keyboard.

Hope this helps all who need to use it.

Regards
Brenda
ex Leeds, now NSW Australia


Researching following names:
Yorkshire: Ambler, Butcher, Clarkson, Craike, Hall, Jackson, Jonhson,
Jones, Myatt, Potter, Shepherd, Waite.
Lincolnshire: Butcher, Chapman, Glover, Vere.
Cheshire: Atherton, Hitchen, Lovatt, Thompson, Walton.
This is not a full list.



----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:20 PM
Subject: [WRY] Pound sign


> Many of the messages I pick up from the list have 'A3' where there
obviously
> should be a pound sign. Is this just me or do others have this problem? If
> they do, then I suggest everyone sending data to the list should write
> 'pounds' rather than use the pound sign.
>
> I suspect it's something to do with the slightly different character sets
> used on computers set up for different countries.
>
> Chris Bradley
>
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