£ I got this by holding down the ALT key and putting in 0163 from the numbers pad. Is this what your looking for? £ yep it worked a second time. There's a map of these things somewhere. ¼- this is Alt 0188, ½ - Alt 0189, ¾- Alt 0190 , degrees is Alt 0186 86º. Hope this helps. Linda Aldridge -----Original Message----- From: Mick Fitzpatrick <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 12:13 PM Subject: [PCSOFT] The UKP sign Hello I am a Brit using a US keyboard. I often need to use the 'Pound' sign in email. Does anyone know of a key short cut to do this. I use Out look Express. TIA ... Mick PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download on our web site - visit our download page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html