Finally you too are taking your first steps in the world of technology. You bought your first computer or mobile device and are starting to write some documents in digital format. It was all easier than you imagined, but now you would like to move a few steps further and learn how to master the keyboard better, more precisely you would like to find out how to compose some special characters, first of all the famous "at sign" that is used in email addresses (and not only). Well, I'm happy to announce that you've come to the right place at the right time!
Read the guide I am about to offer you and in no time you will learn how to make the at sign on the keyboard. I assure you that it is really a breeze, you just have to memorize a couple of key combinations that I am about to suggest and use them with some continuity: in a few days and you will be able to compose the at sign (technically called "at", word English which stands for "at") without even looking at the keyboard. For completeness of information, then, in addition to explaining how to proceed from the computer keyboard, I will also explain how to do it on smartphones and tablets.
If I ask you, no, there are no differences in the composition of the snail on the keyboards of PCs of different brands. There might be some difference if you use a foreign layout keyboard, but we'll cover that later. Now let's try to pay attention to the point and take action right away. Enjoy the reading!
Index
- How to play the chicken on a computer keyboard
- How to play the chicken on the keyboard of smartphones and tablets
- How to make a chick on the Android keyboard
- How to play the mouse on the keyboard of the iPhone and iPad
How to make the at sign on the computer keyboard
If you have come to this guide to learn how to make the at sign on the computer keyboard, read on: below I'll explain how to do it on both Windows and Mac.
How to make the at sign on the Windows keyboard
To learn how to make the at sign on the keyboard of a PC Windows, just memorize the following key combination: Alt gr+@. By pressing these two keys at the same time, you can type the at sign in any application, from the e-mail client to the browser, through Word, Excel and any other software that allows you to write text.
Alternatively, you can use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + @ or Alt + 064where, however, the three digits must be entered using the numeric keypad of the keyboard, not the keys with numbers that are above the letters.
Your computer keyboard is set to a foreign layout and for that you want to know how to make the at sign on the english keyboard, how to make the at sign on the Spanish keyboard or how to make the at sign on the French keyboard? Just use the following key combinations.
- Keyboard with English layout - press the key combination Shift + 2 for US layout or Shift+’ for the UK layout.
- Keyboard with Spanish layout - press the keys Alt gr+2 for the international Spanish language or Alt gr + Q for the Spanish language of Latin America.
- Keyboard with French layout - press the keys Alt gr+à.
In case you want change the keyboard layout and reset it to "2022th“, Follow the instructions below.
- If you use a PC with Windows 10 o Windows 8 / 8.1, click on the button Start (the Windows flag located in the lower left corner of the screen) and go up Settings. In the window that opens, click on the icon Date / time and language, select the voice Geographical area and language from the left sidebar and set 2022no as default language by clicking on the item first 2022no (2022) and then on the button Set as default. Next, click on the item EN o ITA that appears at the bottom right next to the Windows clock and select the item 2022no (2022) give the menu check if you press.
- It was used Windows 7click on your button Start (the Windows flag located in the lower left corner of the screen) and open the Control Panel. Then click on the icon Clock and international optionsi went his country and language and select the scheda Keyboards and languages of the window that opens. At this point, press the button Change keyboards, select 2022no (2022) – 2022no from the drop-down menu Default input language and click on Apply / OK to save the changes. If you don't see 2022no in the list of available languages, click the button Add located on the right and select the 2022na language from the menu that opens. Finally, click on the language bar located at the bottom right next to the Windows clock (the one with the inscription IT o ENG) and select 2022no (2022) from the menu that appears. If you don't see the language bar, right-click anywhere on the taskbar and select the item Toolbars> Language bar give the menu check if you press.
For one reason or another, you can't type the at sign on your PC keyboard? No problem, you can access the Windows character map and copy it from there. To access the character map, type charmap in Start and double-click the chiocciola which is among the characters listed in the window that opens.
It was used Windows 10, you can also call up the on-screen keypad by simply clicking on thekeyboard icon located at the bottom right next to the Windows clock.
How to make the at sign on the Mac keyboard
You have a Mac and you still haven't been able to understand how to make the at sign on the keyboard of your computer? Again, this is a breeze. All you have to do is press the key combination alt+@ and the at sign will be typed in any application you want. You can use both keys alt present on your Mac keyboard, it makes no difference.
If you can't compose the snail using the combination I just showed you, let me point you how to make the at sign on the english keyboard, how to make the at sign on the Spanish keyboard or how to make the at sign on the French keyboard.
- Keyboard with English layout - press the keys shift + 2.
- Keyboard with Spanish layout - press the keys alt + g.
- Keyboard with French layout - press the button @ located at the top left of the keyboard.
If you want to restore the 2022no layout, instead, click on pennant located at the top right next to the macOS clock (it could be the American flag or that of another country) and select the item 2022th give the menu check if you press.
Is there no flag next to the macOS clock? Then go to System Preference by clicking on thegear located on the bar Dock, select the icon Keyboard from the window that opens, go to the tab Input sources and metti il segno di spunta accanto alla voce Show Keyboard menu in menu bar.
At this point click on the flag that appeared next to the system clock and choose the item 2022th from the menu that opens. When the operation is completed you will be able to compose the at sign using the combination of keys alt+@.
Finally, it should be noted that even on macOS there is a virtual keypad that allows you to type the “at” symbol when for one reason or another it is not possible to use the physical keyboard. To recall it, select the item Emoji and Symbols from the menu Modification which is at the top left, or press the key combination ctrl + cmd + space.
A small box will open with various symbols and emojis (that is, the smileys that are often used in chats). To select the snail symbol, click on thePretzel icon you see at the top right (the same symbol you also find on the key cmd Mac), then select the item Punctuation from the left sidebar and double-click the symbol @ that you find in the screen that opens.
How to make the at sign on the virtual keyboard
If you want, you can make the at sign also using the virtual keyboard present on Windows and macOS. Here's how you can proceed in this specific case as well.
- On Windows - open the Start menu, digita “on-screen keyboard”In the search field visible on the screen and click on the first occurrence found. Next, click on the button high and then on the button @ (or use the other key combinations I showed you in previous chapters).
- Your mac - go to System Preferences> Keyboard, select the scheda Keyboard (if necessary) and then check the box Show keyboard and emoji viewers in the menu bar. Click, therefore, on the appropriate indicator that has been inserted in the upper right part of the macOS menu bar and select the option Show Keyboard Viewer. Then go back to System Preferences> Accessibility> Keyboard and put the check mark next to the box Enable "Single Keys". Now you just have to click on the button alt present on the virtual keyboard and then click on the key depicting the symbol @ that appears. To disable pressing the "alt" key, double click on it and that's it.
How to make the at sign on the keyboard of smartphones and tablets
Let's see, now, how to make the at sign on the keyboard of smartphone e tablets. I guarantee you that succeeding is of a disarming simplicity and now I will practically prove it to you.
How to make the at sign on the Android keyboard
make the at sign on the Android keyboard, all you have to do is call the latter and then press the button with the icon of emoji or the symbol #123 (usually found in the lower left corner). Next, tap on the symbol @ present on the keyboard and that's it.
Since the layout of the keyboards may change from one device to another and that there are many third-party virtual keyboards available), the indications I have just given you may not always work. In these cases, to locate the at symbol, you should try pressing a button other than the one depicting the icon emoji or the sequence #123, which may be in the lower left or lower right.
How to make the at sign on the keyboard of the iPhone and iPad
To make the snail up iPhoneinstead, it invokes the keyboard of iOS, award-winning 123 placed in the lower left corner of the same and then tap on the symbol @.
Su iPad, on the other hand, to be able to make the snail, press the button .?123 located in the lower left corner of the iPadOS keyboard and then press the symbol @. Alternatively, from the “main face” of the iPad keyboard, swipe the letter from top to bottom a And that's it.
Also in this case, I remind you that using third-party virtual keyboards the operations to be carried out to be able to make the at-sign on the keyboard may be slightly different from those I have just indicated.
