{"id":19880,"date":"2011-07-11T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T06:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=19880"},"modified":"2020-05-24T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T05:01:23","slug":"type-indian-rupee-symbol-with-keyboard-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/07\/type-indian-rupee-symbol-with-keyboard-key\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Type Indian Rupee Symbol using Keyboard Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can you type Rs.<\/span> Indian rupee symbol<\/strong> from your existing keyboard keys? The new Indian rupee symbol<\/a> is a hit, but many find usage difficult because there is no rupee keyboard key.<\/p>\n

Right now you can\u00a0download rupee font<\/a>\u00a0and use the symbol in your office documents easily. Webmasters can easily use rupee symbol online and add the\u00a0rupee symbol to articles<\/a>\u00a0easily (like in this article). But what about having a direct keyboard key.<\/p>\n

Type Rs.<\/span> Indian Rupee Symbol<\/h3>\n

The Unicode Technical Committee has approved a code position for the Indian Rupee Symbol Rs.<\/span>, which means it will be available in modern keyboards soon and can be easily used across mobile phones and various web services. But till that happens, the amazing people at Foradian have a nice tutorial guiding you how to map the rupee symbol to a key in your keyboard.<\/p>\n

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  • Download the Rupee Keyboard file (.zip) and extract the files<\/li>\n
  • Double click Rupee Installer.exe<\/strong> file and follow the instructions – now 4\u00a0new fonts will install to your computer with support for new rupee symbol in Unicode recommended code position<\/li>\n
  • Double click Keyboard Install.exe<\/strong> file –\u00a0a new keyboard layout is installed in your computer. Right click on the task bar and select language bar from the toolbars menu > click on small keyboard icon and enable the Rupee Foradian Keyboard Layout<\/li>\n
  • Now you can use the grave accent key<\/strong> on the keyboard to type the rupee symbol by selecting the Rupee Foradian Standard fonts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Install Rupee Keyboard<\/h3>\n

    Here is a step by step video about how they install the rupee keyboard.<\/p>\n