Difference between revisions of "UK Keyboard Layout"
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| − | Despite the fact that Singapore inherits many things from Britain by dint of its former colonisation, Singapore does not use the UK Keyboard layout but uses the US Keyboard layout instead, resulting in great confusion | + | Despite the fact that Singapore inherits many things from Britain by dint of its former colonisation, Singapore does not use the UK Keyboard layout but uses the US Keyboard layout instead, resulting in great confusion due to the unexpected migration of the @ sign across the keyboard. However, the more logical reason is that we don't use the pound (£) symbol and so have no need of the UK keyboard. |
Most keyboards outside of Europe do not have the AltGr Key or the Euro symbol. | Most keyboards outside of Europe do not have the AltGr Key or the Euro symbol. | ||
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| + | It is also to be noted that the use of the US keyboard in Singapore also leads to the installation of American English spellchecker which causes that that infamous squiggly red line below what everyone knows to be the correct British spelling. GRR! | ||
== AltGr Key == | == AltGr Key == | ||
| − | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key AltGr Key] allows one to type in Polish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Latvian, Macedonian, German, and French. Groovy. | + | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key AltGr Key] or "alternative graphic" allows one to type in Polish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Latvian, Macedonian, German, and French. Groovy. |
== Euro Symbol == | == Euro Symbol == | ||
Revision as of 12:50, 20 May 2008
Despite the fact that Singapore inherits many things from Britain by dint of its former colonisation, Singapore does not use the UK Keyboard layout but uses the US Keyboard layout instead, resulting in great confusion due to the unexpected migration of the @ sign across the keyboard. However, the more logical reason is that we don't use the pound (£) symbol and so have no need of the UK keyboard.
Most keyboards outside of Europe do not have the AltGr Key or the Euro symbol.
It is also to be noted that the use of the US keyboard in Singapore also leads to the installation of American English spellchecker which causes that that infamous squiggly red line below what everyone knows to be the correct British spelling. GRR!
AltGr Key
The AltGr Key or "alternative graphic" allows one to type in Polish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Latvian, Macedonian, German, and French. Groovy.
Euro Symbol
How to get the Euro Symbol (€):
- Windows: Ctrl-Alt-4 / Alt+0128
- Mac: Option-Shift-2
