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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Word 2003, XP (SP2)
Hi, Everytime I type "\" I get a struck-through capital "w". I don't have "strike-through" enabled in the "Font" box (Format Font) or the "Formatting" toolbar. I don't have "Track Changes" enabled (Tools Track Changes; or the "Reviewing" toolbar) What do I have to do to disable whatever I've inadvertently enabled? Thanks. |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Have you checked Tools | AutoCorrect Options to see if there is an entry for
\? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "mogwai" wrote in message ... Word 2003, XP (SP2) Hi, Everytime I type "\" I get a struck-through capital "w". I don't have "strike-through" enabled in the "Font" box (Format Font) or the "Formatting" toolbar. I don't have "Track Changes" enabled (Tools Track Changes; or the "Reviewing" toolbar) What do I have to do to disable whatever I've inadvertently enabled? Thanks. |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Hi,
Thanks. Yes, I have checked it and there isn't a "\" entry. Sorry, I should have mentioned it. I've tried the AutoCorrect option (Tools AutoCorrect Optons) but the problem doesn't seem to be an auto-correct feature. I can't use "AutoCorrect"'s "Replace"/"With" feature to set Word to change the "W" back to a \, as, in the "AutoCorrect" window, I no longer have the \W problem. The \ key works perfectly well in the AutoCorrect pane. When I use the \ key, in the main Word window in any document, I don't get a \ at all - even if it's almost instantaneously changed to a "W" with a line through it and I'm too slow to see the change. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you checked Tools | AutoCorrect Options to see if there is an entry for \? |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Immediately after it happens, click Edit in the menu, and see what it says
for Undo... Does it say Undo AutoCorrect, or something else? This is for informational/diagnostic purposes. When it happens, are you able to undo it by pressing Ctrl+Z? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mogwai" wrote in message ... Hi, Thanks. Yes, I have checked it and there isn't a "\" entry. Sorry, I should have mentioned it. I've tried the AutoCorrect option (Tools AutoCorrect Optons) but the problem doesn't seem to be an auto-correct feature. I can't use "AutoCorrect"'s "Replace"/"With" feature to set Word to change the "W" back to a \, as, in the "AutoCorrect" window, I no longer have the \W problem. The \ key works perfectly well in the AutoCorrect pane. When I use the \ key, in the main Word window in any document, I don't get a \ at all - even if it's almost instantaneously changed to a "W" with a line through it and I'm too slow to see the change. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you checked Tools | AutoCorrect Options to see if there is an entry for \? |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Hi,
Under "Edit", it says "Undo Typing". Selecting it deletes what was written. Pressing Ctrl+Z also deletes it. Neither solve the problem. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Immediately after it happens, click Edit in the menu, and see what it says for Undo... Does it say Undo AutoCorrect, or something else? This is for informational/diagnostic purposes. When it happens, are you able to undo it by pressing Ctrl+Z? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mogwai" wrote in message ... Hi, Thanks. Yes, I have checked it and there isn't a "\" entry. Sorry, I should have mentioned it. I've tried the AutoCorrect option (Tools AutoCorrect Optons) but the problem doesn't seem to be an auto-correct feature. I can't use "AutoCorrect"'s "Replace"/"With" feature to set Word to change the "W" back to a \, as, in the "AutoCorrect" window, I no longer have the \W problem. The \ key works perfectly well in the AutoCorrect pane. When I use the \ key, in the main Word window in any document, I don't get a \ at all - even if it's almost instantaneously changed to a "W" with a line through it and I'm too slow to see the change. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you checked Tools | AutoCorrect Options to see if there is an entry for \? |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
It's beginning to sound like you're using a non-standard keyboard layout. In
the Windows Taskbar, is the language toolbar displayed? If so, right-click it and choose settings, and see what keyboard is installed. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mogwai" wrote in message ... Hi, Under "Edit", it says "Undo Typing". Selecting it deletes what was written. Pressing Ctrl+Z also deletes it. Neither solve the problem. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Immediately after it happens, click Edit in the menu, and see what it says for Undo... Does it say Undo AutoCorrect, or something else? This is for informational/diagnostic purposes. When it happens, are you able to undo it by pressing Ctrl+Z? -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mogwai" wrote in message ... Hi, Thanks. Yes, I have checked it and there isn't a "\" entry. Sorry, I should have mentioned it. I've tried the AutoCorrect option (Tools AutoCorrect Optons) but the problem doesn't seem to be an auto-correct feature. I can't use "AutoCorrect"'s "Replace"/"With" feature to set Word to change the "W" back to a \, as, in the "AutoCorrect" window, I no longer have the \W problem. The \ key works perfectly well in the AutoCorrect pane. When I use the \ key, in the main Word window in any document, I don't get a \ at all - even if it's almost instantaneously changed to a "W" with a line through it and I'm too slow to see the change. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you checked Tools | AutoCorrect Options to see if there is an entry for \? |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
I right-clicked the "EN" on the taskbar and it appears, as far as I can tell,
I'm using "English [United Kingdom]" with a U.K. keyboard layout. I'm beginning to think this may be due to my installation of anti-rootkit software as, to be honest, when I initially installed the two anti-rootkit programs, my boot-up splash-screens changed and my keyboard ceased working entirely. Unistalling them, re-booting and re-installing them rectified the problems. For the past few weeks I've also had another problem with Word: I continually have to re-set my page-setup defaults. This may also have the same cause. I'll uninstall the programs and re-install them and see if both Word problems disappear. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: It's beginning to sound like you're using a non-standard keyboard layout. In the Windows Taskbar, is the language toolbar displayed? If so, right-click it and choose settings, and see what keyboard is installed. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Look deeper in the configuration settings. I saw a setting for "Insert Yen
sign when pressing \." I know the Yen sign is a Y with a little half-bar, but maybe the font you're using is translating it a little differently. So maybe that setting has been checked. I'm awful sorry, I'm new to Word 2007, and I only saw it in passing while trying to look at the monstrous number of settings available, so I'm not sure exactly where this setting is, and I am not at my office, but I really think it is in the compatability settings. Be sure to let us konw what you find out. "mogwai" wrote in message ... Word 2003, XP (SP2) Hi, Everytime I type "\" I get a struck-through capital "w". I don't have "strike-through" enabled in the "Font" box (Format Font) or the "Formatting" toolbar. I don't have "Track Changes" enabled (Tools Track Changes; or the "Reviewing" toolbar) What do I have to do to disable whatever I've inadvertently enabled? Thanks. |
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I get "W" with a line through when I type "\"
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the suggestions, but I've managed to solve the problem; in the nick of time, also. I was contemplating throwing the computer out of the window. Although this relates to a different question, I followed the advice he http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/D...9/default.mspx. The Reverse Solidus (a.k.a. back-slash) was being replaced with the Korean Won (currency) symbol. In the "Supplemental language support" box (Control Panel "...Regional Options" "Regional and Language Options" "Languages") I removed Word's support for right-to-left languages and East Asian languages, re-booted and the problem was no more. I don't know what the consequences of this will be - if any - and I'm sure there was an easier solution to the problem, but not one I could find. Thanks to everyone who offered help. "Brian Bradley" wrote: Look deeper in the configuration settings. I saw a setting for "Insert Yen sign when pressing \." I know the Yen sign is a Y with a little half-bar, but maybe the font you're using is translating it a little differently. So maybe that setting has been checked. I'm awful sorry, I'm new to Word 2007, and I only saw it in passing while trying to look at the monstrous number of settings available, so I'm not sure exactly where this setting is, and I am not at my office, but I really think it is in the compatability settings. Be sure to let us konw what you find out. |
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This was happening to me and I noticed something had changed my font to @Batang. With this font all other letters appear normal and only this key is changed. Weird. Changed font and everything was back to normal.
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