Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 OK, I give up! I have just spent the best part of 15 minutes trying to find out where the euro symbol is hidden on an AZERTY keyboard. I know where it is on a QWERTY one, but you'd think it would be easier to find on a keyboard for a country that actually uses the euro [:@]Go on, give us a clue, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Probably not much help but on my laptop it is on the E key - accessed by Alt Gr.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 On mine it's "ctrl+alt+E". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 € €Yippee, they both work. And now that I look again, the symbol is shown on the E key, it's just that it's cunningly hidden below the E. So obvious...now. What I want to know is, why couldn't "they" have put the € below the £ and $ symbols, in place of the µ key? I mean, how many times in a lifetime am I going to use that flippin' key?A thousand thank-yous to you both, you lovely people you [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I could not see the symbol either Cat and I (thought that I) had carefully scrutinised every one until someone pointed it out.It makes sense now to be on the same keycap as E.My major problem now is that I really struggle when faced with a QWERTY keyboard.This ¤ is what I have on the same key as the pound and dollar key, I wonder where can spend them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I've been using my Aussie laptop for a bit. Not only is there no euro symbol, but there is no pound sign either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Try holding down 'ALT GR' and typing '4'.M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 [quote user="JRs gone native"]This ¤ is what I have on the same key as the pound and dollar key, I wonder where can spend them?[/quote]Any idea what the heck that ¤ thing is? And why does ² have a key all to itself in the top left of the board - does everyone have that? Seems such a waste of a good key.On my AZERTY laptop the € and $ have keys all of their own, but not on my AZERTY PC keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 I've got the ² key, like you say Cassis, waste of a good key. How many times do we need to square something? And what about §, what the heck's that for? And, and, and... for something that we all use so often... until I'd worked out that there was a "spare" full-stop under the 3 on the numeric keypad, I was apoplectic about having to use shift key to access the stop under K and L every time I wanted to finish a sentence.Where's the logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 On the other hand, I use µ all the time. Don't you? Of course you do. You're a cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Dunno, it's all Greek to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 And cats make what noise? Don't say miaou or purr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Don't know, but I think I've solved the ¤ mystery...What's a ¤ for? (sorry [:$]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 So, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed cat is king? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Honestly. Cats MEW. µ.That's a "sun" symbol on the cat's backside, BTW. [:D]Try these out using Alt plus keypad numbers (number lock on).Alt, 0, 1, 6, 9 Alt, 0, 1, 5, 3 Alt, 0, 1, 7, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 © ™ ®Quite, which is why (once I'd recovered from my fit of unguarded wantonness) I replaced the photo with a link [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezstevens Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 In word or OpenOffice[6] you could go into characters special and select your own shortcut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Cat, you ask where the logic is on an azerty keyboard, why? I would have thought that you know by now there is zero logic in lots of things French. Take 80 as an example? Or better still 98 (I am not going down the road of 99 ta!)My qwerty laptop has a dedicated € key. No problem [8-|]... Proper . too... Alt 'e' gives me é, similar for á, í ,ó, ç and ú. Good ere init! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Can someone point me in the right direction for a printable copy of french accents etc on an english keyboard.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 The ALT codes are here http://french.about.com/library/bl-accents.htmYou can also use AltGr with vowels to get some accented characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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