Why do my keyboard keys type different symbols to that typed?

[Guest]

I have a problem with some of the keys on my keyboard. The key pressed is not
that which appears on the screen. For example, if I press the " key, I get @.
I cannot seem to get the pound sterling symbol on the keyboard (only in
Symbol) and if i press the pound sign I get #. Any ideas?

 

[Jay Freedman]

You have a keyboard definition in Windows that doesn't match the keyboard
hardware -- usually an English(US) definition with an English(UK) keyboard
results in that kind of substitution. See
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm for the complete
procedure.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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