[sanjeev]

After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?

[JoAnn Paules]

Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Sanjeev" wrote in message
...
After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?

[Peter T. Daniels]

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35*pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...



After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?-

[sanjeev]

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...



After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?-

[Padraig]

I am having the same problem, and the solution described here does not work
for me.

"Sanjeev" wrote:

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...



After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?-

[Padraig]

I am having the same problem, and the solution described here does not work
for me.

"Sanjeev" wrote:

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...



After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?-

[Gadgetmumma]

Last night I accidentally used a key combination and did this . . .
I HaVE This fUnNy SEtTiNg oN My tYpe And i Can't FiGure ouT hOW I dId iT
I could not change it until I re-booted. I have never seen this before, and
have tried to replicate it, to no avail.

Any ideas anyone?

"Padraig" wrote:

I am having the same problem, and the solution described here does not work
for me.

"Sanjeev" wrote:

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...



After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?-

[Gadgetmumma]

Last night I accidentally used a key combination and did this . . .
I HaVE This fUnNy SEtTiNg oN My tYpe And i Can't FiGure ouT hOW I dId iT
I could not change it until I re-booted. I have never seen this before, and
have tried to replicate it, to no avail.

Any ideas anyone?

"Padraig" wrote:

I am having the same problem, and the solution described here does not work
for me.

"Sanjeev" wrote:

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...



After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É .

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?-

[Peter T. Daniels]

Is the capitalization really random like that, oR dID yOU aCCIDENTALLY
pRESS tHE cAPSlOCK kEY?

If it's really random, could possibly have flipped into a "novelty"
font that mixes up the letters?

(As for Padraig, did you try _both_ suggestions?)

On Mar 18, 6:22*am, gadgetmumma
wrote:
Last night I accidentally used a key combination and did this . . .
I HaVE This fUnNy SEtTiNg oN My tYpe And i Can't FiGure ouT hOW I dId iT
I could not change it until I re-booted. *I have never seen this before, and
have tried to replicate it, to no avail.

Any ideas anyone?



"Padraig" wrote:
I am having the same problem, and the solution described here does not work
for me.

"Sanjeev" wrote:

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...

After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É ..

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?--

[Peter T. Daniels]

Is the capitalization really random like that, oR dID yOU aCCIDENTALLY
pRESS tHE cAPSlOCK kEY?

If it's really random, could possibly have flipped into a "novelty"
font that mixes up the letters?

(As for Padraig, did you try _both_ suggestions?)

On Mar 18, 6:22*am, gadgetmumma
wrote:
Last night I accidentally used a key combination and did this . . .
I HaVE This fUnNy SEtTiNg oN My tYpe And i Can't FiGure ouT hOW I dId iT
I could not change it until I re-booted. *I have never seen this before, and
have tried to replicate it, to no avail.

Any ideas anyone?



"Padraig" wrote:
I am having the same problem, and the solution described here does not work
for me.

"Sanjeev" wrote:

Thanks Mr. Daniels for the input. Looks like it is an issue with left
ctrl+shift being pressed by mistake. I pressed the same keys and got toggled
back to the right characters.

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Don't accidentally press LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles through
the installed software keyboards.

(Or maybe you have a laptop with another language's keyboard built in,
in which case there's a key somewhere to toggle them.)

On Sep 1, 7:35 pm, "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
Check your keyboard language setting.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

"Sanjeev" wrote in message

...

After working for some time in MS Office I start getting wrong characters
from the keyboard. For example pressing "?" would bring up É ..

Everything would get back to normal if I re-boot the system.

Any solutions?--