I've fiddled around with encoding settings and tried Western European &
ISO Windows but when I press shift & 3 for £, I get the # symbol, and
nothing at all on €.

Keys are fine when used in word/excel.

Any tips?

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I've fiddled around with encoding settings and tried Western European &
ISO Windows but when I press shift & 3 for £, I get the # symbol, and
nothing at all on ?.

Keys are fine when used in word/excel.

Any tips?

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Control Panel | Regional Settings
Set your language to English (United Kingdom)

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please respond in newsgroup

Thanks Frank.
Been there done that is already done; keyboard as well as language is
English.
Dell said I'd have to use character map & copy/paste each time.

I have Outlook 2003 installed which we don't use yet, as main e mail
prog is Lotus; in Outlook e mails I see both symbols reproduce OK, so
its just Outlook Express.

Please refer to the previous answer; there are more than one "English"
setups. Be sure that you have selected the one for UK and make sure that
your Dell setup is also set for said keyboard configuration. If it hasn't
ever worked on this laptop, the issue is more than likely going to be
resolved at the OEM (Dell), and I believe that there is more than the one
option they have already offered you (Character Map can be found, if
installed, at Start/Run/charmap.exe by the way). The Euro sign (€) is easily
produced using the method of holding [Alt] while typing 0128 (at least in my
configuration). My configuration doesn't show me how to use the Lira sign
using this method, unfortunately.

You spent a lot of money on your Dell, undoubtedly. Don't let them off the
hook so easily - they have technical assistance for new purchases, and you
deserve it. Use every aspect of that service until you are satisfied with
the results. It's what you pay so much for as part of the deal!

I hope that this helps. In any case, please address any reply/ies to the
newsgroup here so that others with similar issues can use this potentially
usefule information as well.

-Dusty


" wrote:

Thanks Frank.
Been there done that is already done; keyboard as well as language is
English.
Dell said I'd have to use character map & copy/paste each time.

I have Outlook 2003 installed which we don't use yet, as main e mail
prog is Lotus; in Outlook e mails I see both symbols reproduce OK, so
its just Outlook Express.

DELL IS A VERY GOOD COMPUTER
"dirtycar74" wrote in message
...
Please refer to the previous answer; there are more than one "English"
setups. Be sure that you have selected the one for UK and make sure that
your Dell setup is also set for said keyboard configuration. If it hasn't
ever worked on this laptop, the issue is more than likely going to be
resolved at the OEM (Dell), and I believe that there is more than the one
option they have already offered you (Character Map can be found, if
installed, at Start/Run/charmap.exe by the way). The Euro sign (?) is
easily
produced using the method of holding [Alt] while typing 0128 (at least in
my
configuration). My configuration doesn't show me how to use the Lira sign
using this method, unfortunately.

You spent a lot of money on your Dell, undoubtedly. Don't let them off
the
hook so easily - they have technical assistance for new purchases, and you
deserve it. Use every aspect of that service until you are satisfied with
the results. It's what you pay so much for as part of the deal!

I hope that this helps. In any case, please address any reply/ies to the
newsgroup here so that others with similar issues can use this potentially
usefule information as well.

-Dusty


" wrote:

Thanks Frank.
Been there done that is already done; keyboard as well as language is
English.
Dell said I'd have to use character map & copy/paste each time.

I have Outlook 2003 installed which we don't use yet, as main e mail
prog is Lotus; in Outlook e mails I see both symbols reproduce OK, so
its just Outlook Express.

Sorry, can't keep from making a comment.
Dell may be a good machine, but a lousy company
for follow up.
I'm having a similar problem and I've only had my
laptop 30 days.
If I want help I have to pay. No thanks. So I'll
just struggle
along and try to figure things out or ask for help
on newsgroup.
BUT I WILL WARN OTHER OF DELL BEFORE THEY BUY.

"shinaj" wrote in message
...
DELL IS A VERY GOOD COMPUTER

"dirtycar74"
wrote in
message
...
Please refer to the previous answer; there are
more than one "English"
setups. Be sure that you have selected the one
for UK and make sure that
your Dell setup is also set for said keyboard
configuration. If it hasn't
ever worked on this laptop, the issue is more
than likely going to be
resolved at the OEM (Dell), and I believe that
there is more than the one
option they have already offered you (Character
Map can be found, if
installed, at Start/Run/charmap.exe by the way).
The Euro sign (?) is
easily
produced using the method of holding [Alt] while
typing 0128 (at least in
my
configuration). My configuration doesn't show
me how to use the Lira sign
using this method, unfortunately.

You spent a lot of money on your Dell,
undoubtedly. Don't let them off
the
hook so easily - they have technical assistance
for new purchases, and you
deserve it. Use every aspect of that service
until you are satisfied with
the results. It's what you pay so much for as
part of the deal!

I hope that this helps. In any case, please
address any reply/ies to the
newsgroup here so that others with similar
issues can use this potentially
usefule information as well.

-Dusty


" wrote:

Thanks Frank.
Been there done that is already done; keyboard
as well as language is
English.
Dell said I'd have to use character map &
copy/paste each time.

I have Outlook 2003 installed which we don't
use yet, as main e mail
prog is Lotus; in Outlook e mails I see both
symbols reproduce OK, so
its just Outlook Express.