Hi Jim, If you go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Character Map.............you will find to type the pound sign you hold down Alt and type 0163 £ Marg >From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "jj.carroll" <jj.carroll@comcast.net> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:00 AM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Pound Sign, and how you can get it on the computer... We in America have dollars, and our computers are set for $ and cents. How - or what - are the commands for the Pound key, and the Euro now for the other parts of Europe, including Ireland. (Dagnabit, have a lot of punts and Irish coins, but they are worthless in the trade now, and they were good up until a few years ago.) Regards, Jim Carroll