After extensive research, well about five minutes drawing blank on the Apple help system - not the best but there we are - I found the answer in a forum to where the # key can be found. (For the information of anyone interested it is alt + 3) Now whilst undergoing this extensive research I also discovered a "...you say tomato I say tomato..." situation. In the UK the has # symbol is known as the, well, hash symbol. However, in the States it is known as the pound sign. I must admit I had found this out in the past but is just another part of the tonnage of things I have forgotten.
So why is this important? Well in one sense it is because anyone who has tried to write code for a web site will know the has/pound sign is used extensively and not having a dedicated key for this does seem to dent the claim that Apple produce the machine for creatives. Perhaps the creatives who produce all the cool websites, Apple's for instance, use Windows machines with there much more clunky but more functional keyboards. Who knows but it does seem to be a bit of an oversight.
As I wrote this I started to examine the keys quite closely and I have noticed that the 2 key has the @ (shift + 2) and the € (alt + 2) written above it. Perhaps it might have helped find the # key if Apple had done the same with the 3 key. Or am I just getting awfully anal retentive and just rejoice in the coolness, which they certainly are, of the Apple bluetooth keyboard. Like that is going to happen anytime soon!
Simon Marchini
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