How to assign a character to a key stroke

[Pete L]

I have a non British laptop and above the 4 I have a $ symbol. I would
like to be able to interchange it with a £ sign (just copied this from
the character map) and make the change permanent. Anybody know a way of
doing this please?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a non British laptop and above the 4 I have a $ symbol. I would
like to be able to interchange it with a £ sign (just copied this from
the character map) and make the change permanent. Anybody know a way of
doing this please?

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By far the simplest way would be to tell Windows to use a
British keyboard layout.

 

[Jon]

I have a non British laptop and above the 4 I have a $ symbol. I would
like to be able to interchange it with a £ sign (just copied this from
the character map) and make the change permanent. Anybody know a way of
doing this please?

What does Shift-3 do for you?

Jon

 

[Pete L]

Doh! It gives # replying in this but a pound sign in notepad

 

[Jon]

Doh! It gives # replying in this but a pound sign in notepad

messageI have a non British laptop and above the 4 I have a $ symbol. I would
like to be able to interchange it with a £ sign (just copied this from
the character map) and make the change permanent. Anybody know a way of
doing this please?

What does Shift-3 do for you?

Jon

If it were me I would use the keyboard layout / input language for the
country from which the laptop originates, or plug in an external English
keyboard. It can get confusing otherwise.

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages > Details

 

[Pete L]

Thanks Jon - I had a fiddle with the keyboard region setting and it was
on US English. Changed now to UK English and if I key a hash I get a
£!!!! In the unlikely event of me needing to key a # - I'll do what
I just did and use the character map copy.