why are my keyboard letters typing different symbols

[Guest]

6 of my alphabet are either typing numbers or symbols ?anyone know why or can
help ???

 

[Paul Ballou]

Are you using a laptop?

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[Graham Mayor]

Or is your keyboard language configuration the correct one for the keyboard
you are actually using?

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[Guest]

Yes I am, iwas using the laptop only 1/2 hour before & it was working
perfectly i hadnt changed any configurations

 

[CyberTaz]

It sounds like you've accidentally engaged the numlock & activated the
numeric keypad. Exactly where it is depends somewhat on the laptop you have,
but once you locate it just press it to disengage the numlock. You should
also see an LED on the keyboard console above the keyboard that lights up
when the numlock is on.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

Hi
The caps lock is not on the only letters affected are ijklmopu, whereby they
either type numbers or symbols??? which i find bizarre, i have to use our
main computor to type this

 

[Guest]

Hi Cybertaz, never knew about numbers lock this has now resolved problem
thanks very much, thanks to others who also helped

 

[Graham Mayor]

Not the Caps lock! The Numlock! The keys you quote are those commonly used
as the numeric keypad keys on laptops that don't have an extended keyboard
ie most of them! Press the Fn key and the Numlock key to turn it off (both
are usually overprinted on shared keys.

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