[Bod]

When I type ' or ", the symbol doesn't appear until I type something else.
If I type " and then move to another place in the sentence and hit another
key, the " appears where I've moved to.
" o turns into ö / ' a = á
Typing " [space] doesn't give the space, only the symbol.
Auto-correct doesn't have any entries starting with ' or ". I've disabled
smart quotes, but it still happens with plain quotes.
This happens in (Office 12 2007) Word, Excel, Outlook email messages and
Firefox.

[Stefan Blom]

Do you have the correct keyboard layout specified in Control Panel?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Bod" wrote:

When I type ' or ", the symbol doesn't appear until I type something else.
If I type " and then move to another place in the sentence and hit another
key, the " appears where I've moved to.
" o turns into ö / ' a = á
Typing " [space] doesn't give the space, only the symbol.
Auto-correct doesn't have any entries starting with ' or ". I've disabled
smart quotes, but it still happens with plain quotes.
This happens in (Office 12 2007) Word, Excel, Outlook email messages and
Firefox.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is an indication that you have an international keyboard layout
enabled. Under this layout, certain keys serve as "dead keys" or "setup
keys" for accented letters. To get the value of the key itself, you have to
type a space afterward. Try going to Control Panel | Regional Options |
Input Locales and changing the keyboard.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Bod" wrote in message
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When I type ' or ", the symbol doesn't appear until I type something else.
If I type " and then move to another place in the sentence and hit another
key, the " appears where I've moved to.
" o turns into ö / ' a = á
Typing " [space] doesn't give the space, only the symbol.
Auto-correct doesn't have any entries starting with ' or ". I've disabled
smart quotes, but it still happens with plain quotes.
This happens in (Office 12 2007) Word, Excel, Outlook email messages and
Firefox.

[Bod]

You are indeed learned, oh great one.
I changed it back from US International to US, and hey presto.
I had been trying to overcome language defaulting to US in Word, but that
was actually more to do with styles.
Thank you.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Do you have the correct keyboard layout specified in Control Panel?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Bod" wrote:

When I type ' or ", the symbol doesn't appear until I type something else.
If I type " and then move to another place in the sentence and hit another
key, the " appears where I've moved to.
" o turns into ö / ' a = á
Typing " [space] doesn't give the space, only the symbol.
Auto-correct doesn't have any entries starting with ' or ". I've disabled
smart quotes, but it still happens with plain quotes.
This happens in (Office 12 2007) Word, Excel, Outlook email messages and
Firefox.

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad I could help--and thank you for the feedback.

For more on language settings in Word, see this article (not specifically
targeted at Word 2007, though):

Get control of language formatting in Word
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Bod" wrote in message
...
You are indeed learned, oh great one.
I changed it back from US International to US, and hey presto.
I had been trying to overcome language defaulting to US in Word, but that
was actually more to do with styles.
Thank you.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Do you have the correct keyboard layout specified in Control Panel?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Bod" wrote:

When I type ' or ", the symbol doesn't appear until I type something
else.
If I type " and then move to another place in the sentence and hit
another
key, the " appears where I've moved to.
" o turns into ö / ' a = á
Typing " [space] doesn't give the space, only the symbol.
Auto-correct doesn't have any entries starting with ' or ". I've
disabled
smart quotes, but it still happens with plain quotes.
This happens in (Office 12 2007) Word, Excel, Outlook email messages
and
Firefox.

[[email protected]]

You must be using US International Keyboard layout. If you want the
single or double quote marks, just type a space afterwards. Otherwise,
you'll get an accent.

I love this keyboard layout because it's so easy to use accented
characters. Just a little getting used to it. :-)

`
Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 05:14:02 -0700, Bod
wrote:

|When I type ' or ", the symbol doesn't appear until I type something else.
|If I type " and then move to another place in the sentence and hit another
|key, the " appears where I've moved to.
|" o turns into ? / ' a = ?
|Typing " [space] doesn't give the space, only the symbol.
|Auto-correct doesn't have any entries starting with ' or ". I've disabled
|smart quotes, but it still happens with plain quotes.
|This happens in (Office 12 2007) Word, Excel, Outlook email messages and
|Firefox.