when striking qoutation mark nothing appears until hit space bar

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I am using MS Office Word 2003. I have my keyboard set for English. When I
strike the shift and quotation mark nothing appears on the screen until I hit
the space bar. If the letter a follows the qoutation mark in the text it
automatically inserts an umlaut, or German symbol, over the a. How can I get
the program to display a qoutation mark as it should with an English keyboard?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You may think your keyboard is set for English, but it really sounds like it
isn't. Double-check--and ask in a Windows group if no one else chimes in as
this would be a system setting rather than a Word setting.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It would appear that you have a U.S. International keyboard selected. Go to
Windows Control Panel | Regional Options | Keyboard and check.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I am using MS Office Word 2003. I have my keyboard set for English. When I
strike the shift and quotation mark nothing appears on the screen until I hit
the space bar. If the letter a follows the qoutation mark in the text it
automatically inserts an umlaut, or German symbol, over the a. How can I get
the program to display a qoutation mark as it should with an English

keyboard?