On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:21:09 -0800, "Michael"
wrote:

Why can't I type quotation marks without hitting space bar? This phenomenon
seems to have happened suddenly. Previously I hit the quotation mark key and
it appeared instantly, now when I hit it it doesn't appear until I hit the
space bar.

In Control Panel Regional and Language Options Languages
Details, select the US keyboard instead of the US International
keyboard.

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306560 for background.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org