Is there a generic alternate way to enter the "at sign" ?

shift plus 2.
Some keyboards are set up with it there, some with it down two buttons left from enter.

@spiritual sorry not working, gives me ”
” is on the top left of number 2
the at sign if top right of number 2
at the mac I use alt plus 2
actually the plus sign is misreferenced too! « instead of the plus . . yet the language is welll predefined to portuguese…

Try: hold OPTION down while keying 64 on the keypad, then release OPTION . . .

On a PC, ALT-64 produces ”@” . . . maybe it will provide same effect to XP on Mac.

@njnyjobs sorry, no :-(

what VMware Fusion are you using?

That’s a pity @rexpresso, I’m really not sure then. That must be annoying.
Is there no way you can go into the keyboard configuration in word or something and try and get the @ sign set up?

@rexpresso when you tried the OPTION-64 . . . did you use the numeric keypad for the 64, because you should. if you didn’t, try it… if you did then it’s not working.

@njnyjobs i think num lock might need to be on too, no? Or is it the other way around..

Look it up in the ASCII table, and you can enter it as Alt-<number keys> (must be typed from the Numeric keypad, or with the Fn – # combinations from a laptop keyboard)—a real pain, I agree.

However, you can remap your keyboard to make any key combination you want be the @ sign instead of what is already there. For example, I’ve remapped my CapsLock key to be a “backspace” instead, so that I can delete keystrokes or navigate web pages “back” with CapsLock as an alternate to the normal Backspace key (which is still available, if I want it). The CapsLock key is more comfortable and available to my left little finger, so it works for me. (And I never actually need a CapsLock.)

So how do you do that? You ask.

Download and install KeyTweak, which you should be able to Google and install for free, same as I did. (Or just Google ‘keyboard remapping’ and find any of dozens of other utility programs to do the same thing.)

@CyanoticWasp @rexpresso if you don’t wish to install additional software (for windows XP, as stated) the best way to accomplish this is using the registry editor. If you are comfortable with this, you can likely even remap “shift + 2” to your @ symbol if you wish.

http://www.usnetizen.com/fix_capslock.php

never mind i’m an idiot, Microsoft provides a utility for this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665.aspx

@___, I’m sure that you’re right, but I don’t generally recommend that people fool with their registry directly. There’s so much potential for hazard for someone who doesn’t understand its importance… or what he’s doing there.

@njnyjobs using the numeric keypad worked! Which means I use fn plus the alt and the corresponding number keys

@___, @CyanoticWasp I’m comfortable messing with the registry and will try that. The links provided look great too.

Looking into it later as I must leave now—thanks a lot everyone!

@___, that’s a GA on the Microsoft utility. I might just start using that from now on. Seems very flexible and easily customizable—and with the addition of an ‘extra’ Alt key, it offers functionality I hadn’t even considered before. Very cool.

Thanks for the link.