Hello, Pagemakers, I am not sure how to type @ on a UK keyboard, but you can use The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to assign any key you wish for this symbol. Best regards, Xenos
Hmm .... Shift+" on the UK Mac keyboard maps to @ in Windows ... like you, Pagemakers, I had assumed that the keyboard would be already mapped by Parallels as part of the Express Installation ... everything else has been really smooth.
which is why I use windows keyboards with my MacBook pro and both layouts available (actually danish keyboards with a danisn winXp sp2 and a UK mac OS 10.4.11) see also http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304270 worth a book mark or a blog post http://mac-on-intel.blogspot.com/2008/03/apple-keyboards-and-keyboard-mapping-in.html Hugh W
I followed Xenos's advice and used the MS utility to create a new 'keyboard language' (i.e. my UK Mac keyboard) ... it wasn't hard, MS help info was good. I think the advantage for me on my MacBook Pro is that this works both when I have the USB keyboard plugged in and when I am 'on the road' with the laptop's (UK Mac) keyboard layout.
I even tried changing the keyboard to US and while this fixes the @ problem, other keys then map to the wrong keys!
Pagemakers, have you tried the MS Keyboard Layout Creator? It allows you to see key-by-key what the mapping is and to change it if you like. You can be in control of whatever key combinations you choose on your Mac-attached keyboard to give the Windows characters you want. My only comment to the Parallels guys is that they should provide some typical examples of alternative keyboard 'languages' ... this must be a most common requirement surely as Windows keyboards have a different number of keys than a Mac keyboard ... they've covered everything else so comprehensively it seems!