QUICK TIP FOR BRITS WITH AMERICAN-KEYBOARD MACS: You can press option+# to type £.,(reply>), +Alex Martin To clarify (your instructions can be understood many different ways): Press and hold the "Option" key followed by the "3" key.  This will produce the pound sign: £<br>Don't actually press the + key, as that will give you: ≠£<br>Don't press shift in an attempt to get # instead of 3, as that will give you: ‹ <br><br>Adding to the person above me, you can press and hold "Option" followed by "shift" followed by "8" to get the degrees symbol when you're writing temperatures e.g. 98° F.,(reply>), @Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Yep.,(reply>), "opt" + "=" = "≠"<br>"opt" + "shift" + "=" =  "±"<br>"opt" + "4" = "¢"<br><br>"opt" + "shift" + "2" =  "€"