Acer TravelMate 650 Travelmate 650 User Guide - Page 28

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20 1 Getting to know your TravelMate Note for US keyboard users: The keyboard layout is set when you first set up Windows. For the Euro symbol to work, the keyboard layout has to be set to United States-International. To verify the keyboard type in Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 2000, follow the steps below: 1 Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2 Double-click on Keyboard. 3 Click on the Language tab. 4 Verify that the keyboard layout used for "En English (United States)" is set to United States-International. If not, select and click on Properties; then select United StatesInternational and click on OK. 5 Click on OK. To verify the keyboard type in Windows XP, follow the steps below: 1 Click on Start, Control Panel. 2 Double-click on Regional and Language Options. 3 Click on the Language tab and click on Details. 4 Verify that the keyboard layout used for "En English (United States)" is set to United States-International. If not, select and click on ADD; then select United StatesInternational and click on OK. 5 Click on OK. To type the Euro symbol: 1 Locate the Euro symbol on your keyboard. 2 Open a text editor or word processor. 3 Hold Alt Gr and press the Euro symbol. Note: Some fonts and software do not support the Euro symbol. Please refer to www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq12.htm for more information.

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1 Getting to know your TravelMate
20
Note for US keyboard users:
The keyboard layout is set when
you first set up Windows. For the Euro symbol to work, the
keyboard layout has to be set to United States-International.
To verify the keyboard type in Windows Millennium Edition and
Windows 2000, follow the steps below:
1
Click on
Start
,
Settings
,
Control Panel
.
2
Double-click on
Keyboard
.
3
Click on the
Language
tab.
4
Verify that the keyboard layout used for "En English (United
States)" is set to United States-International.
If not, select and click on
Properties
; then select
United States-
International
and click on
OK
.
5
Click on
OK
.
To verify the keyboard type in Windows XP, follow the steps below:
1
Click on
Start
,
Control
Panel
.
2
Double-click on
Regional and Language Options
.
3
Click on the
Language
tab and click on
Details
.
4
Verify that the keyboard layout used for "En English (United
States)" is set to United States-International.
If not, select and click on
ADD
; then select
United States-
International
and click on
OK
.
5
Click on
OK
.
To type the Euro symbol:
1
Locate the Euro symbol on your keyboard.
2
Open a text editor or word processor.
3
Hold
Alt Gr
and press the Euro symbol.
Note
: Some fonts and software do not support the Euro symbol.
Please refer to www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq12.htm
for
more information.