Not for me it doesn't. (Other characters may be in unexpected positions also, … 156 for a pound symbol - usually 'jio' on a laptop keyboard; Let go of Alt + Fn The first thing we need to do is launch the Control Panel, you can do this by pressing the Win + R keyboard combination and type in ‘Control Panel’ and click on ‘OK’. How can I bring up the hash instead of the pound symbol?

I turned on my Mac one day and found that Alt + 3 no longer types a hash (#) symbol, but types a pound (£) instead. All the help on message boards says Alt/Option plus 3 should work.

thank you . On the macbook pro it is next to the pound sign on the 3 key but I can't see it in the image provided.

@TomGewecke, as @Mark explained, on the Aussie keyboard Option 3 makes a # (hash/pound). How to use. The pound sign (the UK currency) has changed into the hash sign on my MacBook Pro keyboard. The keyboard layout would have changed on your computer. On occasions I try to type the pound sign (£) but instead it prints the hash/number sign (#). Use unicode Pound symbol in a html document or copy paste the character.. Also check out the Euro Sign. #wikipediaLink . Do you mean as in "hashtag"? Choose passwords with care if for instance you use the recovery Console (advanced optional feature on XP but a life saver sometimes) make sure it has a password you can type from the keyboard, and take care with the characters use; maybe do not include a British Pound sign. If you want the US layout, you'll have to swap to US English. – Max Heiber Jun 9 '19 at 16:25 How do I reverse this and get my pound sign back? If you live in the UK and are using a supposedly UK 'QWERTY' keyboard, hold down the shift key and press the the number keys 1 to 5. Please help. "hash key"? I can't change it in system preferences. The pound key and hash key are the same key.If the pound @ key changed to the double quote key, then the keyboard layout may have been changed from English (UK) to English (US). Paul Maguire In places like the UK, it still denotes pound sterling (£). You may want to clarify your question. Unless you reside in the UK where the "pound sign" is their sign for currency: £ Perhaps your keyboard is set to a different region? As such, the # is generally called a “hash” in the UK and Ireland.

I wonder if you can explain an oddity on my keyboard. my laptop keyboard keeps trying random letters when I press certain keys window 8: There's no Windows Recovery Menu happening in my laptop. I thought the # was the hash mark, just by a different name pound sign, or where you taking british Pounds as in money sign? Remember that on laptops the number pad is usually located on the main keyboard in blue numbers and accessed via the matching blue 'Fn' key (typically on the bottom left of the keyboard) . I found this on UK and keyboards .