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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / September 2009special characters on my keyboard
I have a new vista, I have set up my language as US english, yet the keyboard uses the special characters when I am in a word document. ie: I cannot use the question mark, it defaults the accent e. Verify that you have the correct keyboard layout (input language) specified in Control Panel. I don't know the exact steps in Windows Vista, but in Windows XP you access these settings via Regional and Language Options.  SignatureStefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP >I have a new vista, I have set up my language as US english, yet the >keyboard > uses the special characters when I am in a word document. ie: I cannot use > the question mark, it defaults the accent e. I have the same issue and I checked in the Input Language on Windows Vista and it is US English, so it is correct. I only seem to be getting the Issue in Mocrisoft Outlook, but not Word, IE, or any other programs - it is annoying - I can't get a "?" or a " ' " single quote for example in replying to an e-mail in Outlook 2007. Any other ideas? > Verify that you have the correct keyboard layout (input language) specified > in Control Panel. I don't know the exact steps in Windows Vista, but in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > uses the special characters when I am in a word document. ie: I cannot use > > the question mark, it defaults the accent e. Outlook uses its own editor. Check the language at the cursor from the spellcheck dropdown on the Message tab. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I have the same issue and I checked in the Input Language on Windows > Vista and it is US English, so it is correct. I only seem to be [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>> uses the special characters when I am in a word document. ie: I >>> cannot use the question mark, it defaults the accent e. |
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