help! weird symbols in Word 2007

[tlm81]

my forward slash / question mark key is typing a weird e with an accent over
it. it's only happening in Word (2007). i have the language set to English,
and already checked my keyboard settings. i have no idea how it happened, and
it did so in the middle of typing a document. three lines back i have a
regular old forward slash, and now i can't type it!
if it makes a difference, i'm using an acer laptop, and on that key there is
the e symbol in green (forward slash and question mark appear in white).
cheers

 

[grammatim]

Sounds like your laptop has a function key somewhere that activates
the "green" keys. Check your hadware documentation (not a Word
problem).

 

[tlm81]

right you are! thanks!!

Sounds like your laptop has a function key somewhere that activates
the "green" keys. Check your hadware documentation (not a Word
problem).

 

[kjudge]

I have the exact same problem only with a Toshiba laptop. My forward slash
key also depicts the e accent aigu (the french letter) which is a red "alt"
key function. I can't get it to turn of either - I need more info than
"hardware documentation". I don't know where to look for this......thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Ask Toshiba. This forum is for Word.

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[kjudge]

Gee thanks for the help. Could you be more rude? I simply asked the same
question as the guys before me.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You said you needed more info than "hardware documentation" and didn't know
where to look for it. Graham was suggesting that the likely supplier of
hardware documentation is the maker of your laptop. You should look to
Toshiba for this information.

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

 

[Bill Toronto]

Try holding down the shift, control and function kets simultaneously.

 

[hangingwall]

my forward slash / question mark key is typing a weird e with an accent over
it. it's only happening in Word (2007). i have the language set to English,
and already checked my keyboard settings. i have no idea how it happened, and
it did so in the middle of typing a document. three lines back i have a
regular old forward slash, and now i can't type it!
if it makes a difference, i'm using an acer laptop, and on that key there is
the e symbol in green (forward slash and question mark appear in white).
cheers

I do not think this is a hardware issue.

I have the same problem with a PC running Win07 and Office 2007. It does not apply with Excel, Access, Notepad or Powerpoint. It does with Wordpad and Word. Only way I have found of correcting is to log out and back in. Really efficient eh? (note ? working fine here).

It is annoying and happens often. Microsoft out to get a handle on it, which they appear not to have, so far.

 

[jennreeve]

Try holding down the Ctrl key and then tap Shift.