keyboard problems

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neil trenholm

Out of the blue, my keyboard is messing with my @ and " keys. if I
want to type @, I have to use my " key and vice versa. Lower cases
work properly. Any advice? It's not an autocorrect problem.
 
Some information would be useful!

Is this a laptop, with a built-in International keyboard? If so,
consult the owner's manual and reverse the step that caused the
keyboard change.

Or maybe you pressed Alt-Shift, and the keyboard cycled to the next
available one.

This would be a Windows question rather than a Word question, and
keyboard selection works differently in the different versions (XP,
Vista, 7).
 
This suggests that you're using UK vs. US (or vice versa). Since you don't
mention what OS you're using, I can't give you exact directions, but you
need to look at the keyboard selected in the Regional and Language Options
(or equivalent) in Windows Control Panel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
This suggests that you're using UK vs. US (or vice versa). Since you don't
mention what OS you're using, I can't give you exact directions, but you
need to look at the keyboard selected in the Regional and Language Options
(or equivalent) in Windows Control Panel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org






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Yes, I'm using Windows 7. I have switched from UK to US keybaord and
all is right again. Seems bizarre that in the UK they have a different
keyboard setup. I suppose folks in the UK might say that same about
the US.
 
Yep, all according to what you're used to. But it does make it harder to
tell people about keyboard shortcuts. For example, Ctrl+* is the shortcut
for toggling Show/Hide ¶. On my keyboard, that's Ctrl+Shift+8. Regardless of
which I said, it seemed, someone would point out that it was different on
other keyboards. I think I've finally got it straight now (judging by the
Word ScreenTip) that it's Ctrl+* on any keyboard, regardless of where the
asterisk lives in your setup!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

This suggests that you're using UK vs. US (or vice versa). Since you don't
mention what OS you're using, I can't give you exact directions, but you
need to look at the keyboard selected in the Regional and Language Options
(or equivalent) in Windows Control Panel.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org






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Yes, I'm using Windows 7. I have switched from UK to US keybaord and
all is right again. Seems bizarre that in the UK they have a different
keyboard setup. I suppose folks in the UK might say that same about
the US.
 
I thought from the discussions (back when there were discussions here)
that it's Ctrl-Shift-8 no matter what symbol appears there in a
particular (roman-script) keyboard.

(Maybe even for non-roman scripts -- once in a while when I was in
Hebrew or Arabic keyboard I would absent-mindedly use Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X
and Ctrl-V, and they worked.)
 
Well, now you've got me confused again. Beats me!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I thought from the discussions (back when there were discussions here)
that it's Ctrl-Shift-8 no matter what symbol appears there in a
particular (roman-script) keyboard.

(Maybe even for non-roman scripts -- once in a while when I was in
Hebrew or Arabic keyboard I would absent-mindedly use Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X
and Ctrl-V, and they worked.)
 
This comes up from time to time, and I think what we have established is
that we don't know for sure... :-)

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
 
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