

It’s very easy to do this by accident, which is probably why so many people hit the £ sign and see a # appear instead. The double-quote (“) and ampersand keys are also swapped.įor future reference, if both UK and US layouts are available, you can swap between them by pressing left alt-shift.

UK users want a pound (£) sign, which was not part of the original standard ASCII character set. UK keyboards obviously have a different layout from French and German keyboards, but the most common problems are due to the much smaller differences between UK and US settings.

If a key is producing the wrong response, check that Windows has the correct settings for your location and the language used by your keyboard.
