This sounds like the sticky keys option from Windows accessibilty options.
Turn it off via Windows control panel.
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A | pops up when I hit the shift key to long. It will even ||||||||| do
this
if I leave it on to long. ANy ideas how to turn this off? I have Office
2003
with Word and Excel etc. Thanks