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Euro symbol on standard QWERTY US keyboard (not US International)

Anonymous
2011-12-27T15:45:47+00:00

Hi

I know that this has been asked before.  In fact the the problem is described quite neatly in this question but the Answer to that question makes no sense to me.  Maybe if I ask it again in a slightly different form we can get a clearer answer:

There are two possible layouts for the QWERTY US keyboard:

  • US:  Alt Gr  key is just an Alt key, so no Euro symbol if you type Alt Gr + 5 (even though ­€ is printed next to 5 on the physical keyboard).
  • US International:  Alt Gr key works and Euro symbol works on Alt Gr + 5 but then we also get "dead keys" that allow us to type international characters.

With the US International layout to get a quote (" = comment in VB or VBA) you have to type quote followed by a space to get the quote to appear.  A real pain in the ****.

Is there any way to get Alt Gr + 5 to give the Euro symbol without all the other "international" baggage being added as well?  i.e. just the standard "US" layout but with Alt Gr + 5 giving the Euro symbol?

This link implies that it is not possible (see note 2 under "How do I access the Euro symbol?") but maybe things have changed in the two years since that was posted.

Alternatively can we turn off the "dead keys" in the US International layout?

"Neither of those is possible" is also an answer - just not the one we would like to hear :-)

Thanks

Mike

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-27T16:09:02+00:00

    If you want to use international symbols, you can't set the keyboard for 'International but only the €'. International is a global setting.

    However, you can press  ALT+0128 which is what I did, Easy on a desktop keyboard or laptop keyboard which has a number pad, maybe not os easy on a Netbook or the older standard 88 key laptop type.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-29T14:20:54+00:00

    The consensus on all the forums (fora?) I have looked at is the same as we have reached here.  For QWERTY US layout you can either have none of the international stuff or all of it.  So I am left with the same solutions I had before.

    • Most of the time use US and ALT+0128 for the Euro
    • When typing international documents or email use US International
    • Switch between the two using Shift+ALT (selectable in "Advanced Key Settings')
    • Choose different colour icons for the task bar so that I can see at a glance which layout is active.

    I also considered changing to a QWERTY UK keyboard.  That has the Euro on AltGr+4 without the international problems.  Then the hiccup becomes that the external keyboard won't match the laptop so I would have to remember that " (duoble quote) and @ are swapped when I use the laptop on its own.

    As if being an African working in (non-English) Europe for an American corporation isn't confusing enough already!

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-29T15:26:51+00:00

    Alt + 0128 is definitely your friend.. :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-28T13:32:59+00:00

    or the simple way is to just google EURO Symbol and copy and paste it from any webpage.

    or if you have MS Office or Word go to the Insert tab pick the Symbol option and select the EURO Symbol from the list

    Works the same in ONENOTE

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-12-17T10:58:06+00:00

    or the simple way is to just google EURO Symbol and copy and paste it from any webpage.

    or if you have MS Office or Word go to the Insert tab pick the Symbol option and select the EURO Symbol from the list

    Works the same in ONENOTE

    "Thanks. Your suggestions for Word and Excel are so simple "when you know how" !!"

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