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QWERTZ German Touch Cover 2 -How the heck do you get to the @ sign

Anonymous
2014-04-01T19:33:04+00:00

I am an American living in Switzerland. I recently bought a Surface Pro 2and Touch Cover 2. Although I can live with the QWERTZ keyboard.

I can not figure out the key sequence to get the @ sign. The @ is located on the 2 key. I have tried shift+2, alt+2, function+2 notion gives me the @.

Super frustrated.

Thanks to all answers.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-02T20:46:05+00:00

    Hello PRS0895,

    I understand that you want to type the @ character on your German keyboard.

    As a fellow user of the German keyboard, I can understand your confusion with this button combination.  This is how you do it: press and hold Ctrl and Alt (Strg and Alt on the QWERTZ German keyboard), and then press the Q key.  This should type the @ symbol.

    Please let us know if you have any more questions.

    Best Wishes,

    Zack_T

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-04T10:50:13+00:00

    It should be "marked". Here's a picture of the Touch Cover 2:

    http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msde/de_DE/pdp/productID.288529200

    (If too small, use Zoom to 400%).

    There's a "!" above the "1". If this is missing your Touch Cover is defective.

    As for the @. All letters that are shown in the bottom right corner are a "third" option. e.g.

    first option: the letter (below or the small one)

    second option: SHIFT+letter (the letter above or the capital)

    third option: AltGr+letter in the bottom right corner

    fourth option: Fn+(usually) blue letter

    AltGr can either be typed by holding AltGr ("AltGroup", one key) or SHIFT+ALT (two keys). I think most people use the AltGr key, because it's easier with two hands and there's no way of accidentally typing something different (if you are not holding the two keys at exactly the same time).

    I think AltGr (both options) is also available on the QWERTY keyboard, just that the "third options" are different and "@" is easier available. I guess when "@" was introduced to QWERTZ nobody thought we may need it that often as we do now. Otherwise they would not have chosen the third option for it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-04T00:30:48+00:00

    Thanks Zack_T,

    ! works, it is not marked on the keyboard that way but I am thrilled none the less.

    Peter

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-03T21:29:21+00:00

    Hello PRS0895,

    An exclamation point should be the same as the American keyboard layout: shift and 1.

    Other ways to get around this would be to go to control panel > fonts > find a character and copy/paste the wanted character.  Also, you could use the onscreen keyboard to type special characters with relative ease.

    Thanks for posting your questions in the forums!

    Best Wishes,

    Zack_T

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-03T09:31:05+00:00

    Wow, thanks, that worked. 

    Odd the the @ is marked on the 2 key but this "trick" is much appreciated.

    Any hints how to get an exclaimation point?

    Peter

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