using the keyboard

[groovychick]

which key on the keyboard is the pound sign when using windows xp
professional because when i press the arrow and 3 button it is coming up with
# and not the pound sign

 

[garfield-n-odie]

At least two ways to do it, assuming the font you're using includes the
British pound symbol:
1. Type 00A3 (that's zero zero A three) and press Alt+X.
or
2. Press Alt+0163 (hold down the Alt key, type zero one six three from
the numeric keypad, not the top row of number keys on the keyboard, and
release the Alt key).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are in the UK and need the pound sign routinely, you should switch to
a UK keyboard layout.