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Hi Ian yes in notepad when I hold shift and then press the key to the left of
Z i get | but when I open the comman prompt and do the same I get the broken
line that is done by alt and the button next to 1, as I am typing into the
text i cannot usde alt on any of the top line emblems?
"Ian Hoare" wrote:
> Salut/Hi phil,
>
> Continuing the trend of upside down posting.
>
> Although the key symbol on the left of the 1 key and the shifted \ symbol on
> the left of the z key look the same, they are different. Assuming that your
> OS system is set up correctly to use a UK keyboard and the right code page,
> then using Alt-Gr plus that key will give you the symbol you ask for. ¦ Any
> reason not to use the continuous vertical line called the pipe symbol | (a
> hang over from dos days when you used it to redirect output from one device
> to another) by the way?
>
> I trust the two symbols look different to everyone.
>
> ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ these are the key on the left of the 1 key as modified by alt
> Gr.
>
> ||||||||||||||||| is the pipe symbol from the left of the Z key modified by shift.
>
>
> >english, am in uk, the keyboard is a basic ibm,
> >
> >"Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:
> >
> >> What variety of English? American? UK?
> >>
> >> "phil" <phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6235DFB1-01AA-4CD2-AEF5-733E7051E1FB@microsoft.com...
> >> | sorry straight line and yes I mean the | symbol it is set to english.
> >> |
> >> | "Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:
> >> |
> >> | > phil" <phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> | > news:A7DA9239-4864-42A6-96A0-8F2819182E24@microsoft.com...
> >> | > | I need to get my keyboard to display the straight libe sybol next to
> >> the
> >> | > | number 1 key, I have english set for region settings on all the tabs
> >> in
> >> | > | regional options, but cant egt the keyboard to give me a straight
> >> line?
> >> | > Any
> >> | > | help is appreciated, I have various keyboards windows basic mostly but
> >> a
> >> | > few
> >> | > | others, but none work.
> >> | > | I get the following ~or` second one is right the first is wrong.
> >> | >
> >> | > What straight "libe"? Dash? Underscore? Pipe ( | )? Do you mean you
> >> have UK
> >> | > settings?
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> --
> All the Best
> Ian Hoare
>
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