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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:07 AM
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How do you type the Euro symbol?
What magic combination of letters do I need to push to get the Euro symbol?
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:21 AM
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ctrl+alt+4

there you go.
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:24 AM
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Why is this not working for me? Probably operator error.....
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:31 AM
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I don't think ctrl alt will work on most keyboards. I hold down the alt key and then type 0128 on the numeric keypad. I must use the numeric pad; otherwise I get nothing. €

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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:36 AM
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For Macs it's shift+option+2

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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:40 AM
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Could be Alt Gr + 4
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:48 AM
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bob's suggestion works for me
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 09:48 AM
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wouldn't it be different whether one is on a UK/European/US/etc keyboards (?) since they have £, €, or $ in different places -- so getting other currencies would also be different (just guessing)

I can't help since you are probably on a pc. On a US mac its just shift+opt+2 like Judi says
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 10:11 AM
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FWIW, on my pc Bob's suggestion works well.
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 10:17 AM
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Take out the spaces between & euro ; (semicolon) and there you go. Also & pound ; btw.

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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 10:35 AM
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€ Alt 0128 works! Yea!!! Thanks all! € € €
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 10:37 AM
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On a European keyboard, it is a simple AltGr + E.
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 10:42 AM
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What happens if you C&P "€"?
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 12:10 PM
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Gosh, here we are in 1983 again! You can change the interface, but good old ASCII is sitting there doing the work!
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 12:24 PM
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Akislander, maybe you can show me how to do it on my TRS-80 from Radio Shack.
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 12:33 PM
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€

ampersand
"euro"
semicolon
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 12:45 PM
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€ £

Thanks for the info. Now I can stop typing E and GBP like a dork.
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 12:46 PM
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Take a look at a whole long list of "alt + xyz" or "alt + 0xyz" codes, here:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34530876

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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 01:02 PM
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Oh my god, I just realized the "pound" symbol has vanished from the german keyboards. The $ is still where it's supposed to be, above the "4". How long will it take before the $ disappears, and with which symbol will it be replaced?
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Old Feb 15th, 2008, 01:21 PM
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The way the exchange rate is going you won't be able to see the $ on your keyboard soon.
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