Sometimes some keys begin registering different characters, like an accented
E when I press apostrophe (not after an Alt). The only way I can turn this
off is save my work, exit word, and restart. What's the official way to
return my keyboard to normal?

You need to switch keyboards from an international layout to your usual one.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"RobSmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AF020A2F-2607-47D0-BDE2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sometimes some keys begin registering different characters, like an
> accented
> E when I press apostrophe (not after an Alt). The only way I can turn this
> off is save my work, exit word, and restart. What's the official way to
> return my keyboard to normal?
>

You probably accidentally typed LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles
through the installed keyboards. You can remove any keyboards you know
you're never going to use, but you do that differently in XP or Vista.
(You begin with Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options,
and can probably figure it out from there.)

On Jan 19, 4:53*pm, RobSmy <Rob...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Sometimes some keys begin registering different characters, like an accented
> E when I press apostrophe (not after an Alt). The only way I can turn this
> off is save my work, exit word, and restart. What's the official way to
> return my keyboard to normal?

Switch the input language, which is a property of Windows system. Try just
ctrl+shift for switching, or alt + shift. You can disable the keyboard
shortcut here:
Control Panel > Regional and language settings > Languages > Details > Key
settings

"RobSmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> escreveu na mensagem
news:AF020A2F-2607-47D0-BDE2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sometimes some keys begin registering different characters, like an
> accented
> E when I press apostrophe (not after an Alt). The only way I can turn this
> off is save my work, exit word, and restart. What's the official way to
> return my keyboard to normal?