Symbol for the British Pound Sterling (£)

jmt356 · Post by **jmt356** » 21 Jun 2015, 08:16

How do I type the symbol for the British Pound Sterling (£) in Word?

Post by **HansV** » 21 Jun 2015, 08:40

Option 1: turn on NumLock, and type Alt+0163 using the number keypad.

Option 2: type a3, then press Alt+X. Remark: there shouldn't be a digit or one of the letters a...f immediately before the a in a3.

Option 3: activate the Insert tab of the ribbon and click Symbol > More Symbols (or press Alt, then N U M).
Make sure that (normal text) is selected in the Font dropdown, then select £ and click Insert.

If you need the £ character often, you can assign a custom keyboard shortcut to it in Word from the Symbol dialog.

jmt356 · Post by **jmt356** » 21 Jun 2015, 13:50

I can't find the £ character under your Option 3. Which font subset should I choose?

Post by **Rudi** » 21 Jun 2015, 13:54

In Word 2013 its here... (Normal Text)

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BobH · Post by **BobH** » 21 Jun 2015, 18:03

I keep a link to the Windows Character Map in my system tray. I have only to click it to activate and a bit of scrolling finds me what I need.

Here is how the Verdana font first page looks with the £ symbol circled in gold (appropriately).

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Symbol for the British Pound Sterling (£)

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