And folk with laptops do not have the numbers on the right. With Word I go into 'insert' then 'symbol' and there are a lot of symbols to chose from. including the pound. I cannot use it on Outlook Express though. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Pound Sign,and how you can get it on the computer... > Ah ha, the only thing wrong with the message is that it did not include > the > "NumLock" button.