# Keybow backslash key sends # sign instead

**URL:** https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/keybow-backslash-key-sends-sign-instead/19933
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 30, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/keybow-backslash-key-sends-sign-instead/19933 "2022-07-30T21:00:33Z")
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### Author: ![feridoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/74df32/32.png) [@feridoun](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/feridoun)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/keybow-backslash-key-sends-sign-instead/19933/1 "2022-07-30T21:00:33Z")

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Hi there  
I want to open a Word template on Keybow 2040 with the following:

```auto
        keyboard.send(Keycode.GUI)
        time.sleep(0.3)
        layout.write("S:\folder\file")

```

But the output replaces the backslashes with # signs i.e. “S:#folder#file” .

It could be because I have a UK keyboard, but switching to a US layout doesn’t seem to make a difference.

Any advice? I could of course breakup the text and individually send the keycode for backslash but that seems a bit extra.

Thanks for any advice :)