Keyboarding the euro sign
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Methods for keyboarding the euro sign (€) are dependent on the computer being used and on the keyboard attached to it. This article aims to describe the most common combinations. Mobile phones are a special case and users are referred to the manufacturer's manual.
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[edit] Traditional typewriter
Type C, then backspace and overtype with =.
[edit] By operating system
[edit] Apple Mac OS
| Apple Mac OS keyboards | |
|---|---|
| British: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 2 @ € key. |
| Canadian: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 2 @ € key. |
| Finnish: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 4 key. |
| French/Belgian: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the $ key. |
| German: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the E key. |
| Irish: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 2 @ € key. |
| Irish Extended: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 2 @ € key. |
| Italian: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the I key. |
| Norwegian: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 4 key. |
| Portuguese: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 3 key. |
| Spanish: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the U key. |
| Swedish: | Press and hold Option/Alt, then press the 4 key. |
| Slovene: | Press and hold Option/Alt and Shift, then press the 5 key. |
| US English: | Press and hold Option/Alt and Shift, then press the 2 key. |
| US Extended: | Press and hold Option/Alt and Shift, then press the 2 key. |
[edit] Linux
| Linux keyboards | |
|---|---|
| British/Irish: | Press and hold Alt Gr then press the3 4 € key. |
| Canadian: | Please contribute. |
| French: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| German: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| Italian: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| Portuguese: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| Spanish: | Please contribute. |
| Swedish/Finnish: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| US English: | Press and hold Ctrl Shift, then enter the sequence "20ac" (GTK+ 2, Mozilla, others). |
| Via SCIM: | Press the Compose key, then enter the sequence “=c”, “=C”, “=e”, or “=E”. |
[edit] Microsoft Windows
| Microsoft Windows1 keyboards | |
|---|---|
| British/Irish: | Press and hold the2 Alt Gr then press the3 4 € key. |
| Canadian: | Press and hold Alt and type 0128 on the numeric keypad. |
| French/Belgian: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| German: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| International5 | Press and hold Ctrl and Alt together, then press the 5 key. |
| Italian: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| Polish Programmer Keyboard: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the U key. |
| Portuguese: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key or6 the 5 key. |
| Spanish: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| Swedish/Finnish: | Press and hold Alt Gr, then press the4 E € key. |
| US English: | Press and hold Alt and type 0128 on the numeric keypad. On older versions, you can also: Press and hold Ctrl and Alt together, then press the 5 key. |
[edit] Notes
Note 1: Versions of Microsoft Windows earlier than Windows XP need a software update, available from the Microsoft Downloads web site.
Note 2: Alt Gr is the same as the right Alt key, even if it's not labelled as such. Some keyboards may not actually distinguish the left and right Alt keys; pressing Ctrl and Alt together will have the same effect if the keyboard layout supports Alt Gr at all (the non-international "US" layout does not). An update to the operating system to support the euro is also needed.
Note 3: On older keyboards, the $4 key does not have the € symbol engraved but will still function as if it were, provided the operating system has been updated as noted above.
Note 4: On older keyboards, the E key does not have the € symbol engraved but will still function as if it were, provided the operating system has been updated as noted above.
Note 5: This setting is used in multilingual contexts, where diacritics are created using the dead key method.
Note 6: The option to use the 5 key is for backwards compatibility and is liable to be deleted in a future version of Windows.
