Regional and Language Options 1

[Salut39]

Hi Everyone,

I have my "Regional and Language Options, Administrative Tab, Current Language for non-Unicode programs": set to Russian (Russia). All other language settings are English (UK).

Now I have a problem displaying [£] sterling sign and sometimes [€] in some programs like Sage or Quickbooks.

I tried to raise a query with Sage but had no solution. Has anyone come across this problem and is there any solution?

I would appreciate your help.

Yuri

 

[linney]

On my Keyboard (US), the Euro symbol can be accessed within Windows by using the Alt + 0128 and the Pound symbol by Alt + 0163. The numbers must be typed using the keys under the Num Lock part of the Keyboard not the top numbers on the main part of the Keyboard.

Does anything like that work for you?

 

[BadBigBen]

Linney - Thanks, I did not know that one... works on my GER version of XP as well... Astrum tanti!

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
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[Salut39]

My is displaying instead of [£] - [J] and [€]- some funny sign. I am guessing it might have something to do this the font in cyrillic maybe it does not have a pound sign?

 

[Sympology]

What keyboard are you using? British? Russian?



Most people spend their time on the "urgent" rather than on the "important."

 

[Salut39]

British and Russian, pound sign works fine in office or notepad. When I select £ sign the keyboard set to British.

 

[linney]

£ or € can be copied and pasted via the Character Map program too.

 

[Salut39]

When I copy and paste it also switches to J.

 

[BadBigBen]

In that case you may have to revert the setting for non-unicode programs, e.g. English...

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[Salut39]

Thanks, but when I do that I can't read E-mails in Russian and nobody can read the ones I've sent in Russian too. It's one or another unfortunately.

 

[linney]

Can you have two users, a Russian one, and an English one?

Some language settings are computer wide and some just apply to one user. This article explains which ones are which.

How the "Regional and Language Options" settings in Windows Server 2003 are applied

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924852

Set up Windows XP for multiple languages

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/yourlanguage.mspx

 

[Salut39]

Have that option set up already, no matter which language I choose Russian or English this program still reads £ as J

 

[linney]

Have you got another Keyboard to test with? Have you tried the On Screen Keyboard, via Windows Key + U?

 

[Salut39]

It seems that is not a keyboard issue, it has something to do with fonts which support non unicode programs and it probably does not have a pound sign or euro in it I guess. I know few people who's got simular problem. all other programs like Word and Notepad can read £ sign ok.