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"Tom V" Tom wrote in message
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When I include a word or phrase in quotation marks, the actual marks do
not
appear until the next character is keyed. I am used to seeing them appear
immediately. This occurred spontaneously. I know there is a checkbox
somewhere to remedy this, but I can't find it . It probably has something
to
do with accented letters. My version of Word is 2002. Thank you.