keyboard problems

[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.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

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).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[neil trenholm]

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.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

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.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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.)

 

[Stefan Blom]

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