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normal keyboard keys are doing strange things
everytime I type the letter z, p, or [, something strange happens. sometimes
the letter will actually type, but then some other feature (it is spell check for the letter p) kicks in and I have to hit the escape button. I don't know how or if I turned these features on, or how to turn them off again. |
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normal keyboard keys are doing strange things
It is unclear what is happening, exactly. If you want to get rid of automatic
spell checking, clear the "Check spelling as you type" option in the Word Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Hilary" wrote: everytime I type the letter z, p, or [, something strange happens. sometimes the letter will actually type, but then some other feature (it is spell check for the letter p) kicks in and I have to hit the escape button. I don't know how or if I turned these features on, or how to turn them off again. |
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normal keyboard keys are doing strange things
sorry I wasn't clear. Part of it is because I am unclear what is happening,
and because the problem does not seem consistent. Let me try again... I have a document that I have been working on in Word 2007 pulled up right now. When I type the letter "z" into the document, the letter "z" appears where the cursor is (as you would expect) but also, along the tool bars at the top, a bunch of boxes with individual letters appear over each of the tabs...an "H" over the Home tab, an "N" over the insert tab, and so on. at other times, using the letter "p" would cause some other function to start(can't remember now, it is acting normally at this time), and the "[" key would highlight a bunch of text. The strangest part is that it is erratic - is it possible that the keyboard is going bad, or am I sometimes triggering these keys to have these functions without knowing it? Thanks for your help... "Stefan Blom" wrote: It is unclear what is happening, exactly. If you want to get rid of automatic spell checking, clear the "Check spelling as you type" option in the Word Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Hilary" wrote: everytime I type the letter z, p, or [, something strange happens. sometimes the letter will actually type, but then some other feature (it is spell check for the letter p) kicks in and I have to hit the escape button. I don't know how or if I turned these features on, or how to turn them off again. |
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normal keyboard keys are doing strange things
The 'boxes' you describe pop up when you hit the ALT key which is adjacent
to the z key. Are you activating the Alt key when accessing z? Or is the Alt key sticking, or have you activated sticky keys in Windows Accessibility Options? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Hilary wrote: sorry I wasn't clear. Part of it is because I am unclear what is happening, and because the problem does not seem consistent. Let me try again... I have a document that I have been working on in Word 2007 pulled up right now. When I type the letter "z" into the document, the letter "z" appears where the cursor is (as you would expect) but also, along the tool bars at the top, a bunch of boxes with individual letters appear over each of the tabs...an "H" over the Home tab, an "N" over the insert tab, and so on. at other times, using the letter "p" would cause some other function to start(can't remember now, it is acting normally at this time), and the "[" key would highlight a bunch of text. The strangest part is that it is erratic - is it possible that the keyboard is going bad, or am I sometimes triggering these keys to have these functions without knowing it? Thanks for your help... "Stefan Blom" wrote: It is unclear what is happening, exactly. If you want to get rid of automatic spell checking, clear the "Check spelling as you type" option in the Word Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Hilary" wrote: everytime I type the letter z, p, or [, something strange happens. sometimes the letter will actually type, but then some other feature (it is spell check for the letter p) kicks in and I have to hit the escape button. I don't know how or if I turned these features on, or how to turn them off again. |
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normal keyboard keys are doing strange things
I'm having a similar problem with a Dell Inspiron 1505 laptop running Word
2003. While typing, the cursor sometimes jumps up to a spot in the middle of another paragraph. Another problem is that it's highlighting blocks of text (seemingly) randomly. I've paid close attention to my keystrokes, and I'm not accidentally hitting the Ctrl, Fn, Alt, or other keys that aren't commonly used while touch typing. I've also been careful to notice whether I was accidentally touching the touch pad - I'm not. I work with another Dell Inspiron 1505 and have done a lot of typing (much of it with Word 2003) on that machine, but have never had the same behavior. Furthermore, with the machine that is having the squirrelly behavior in Word, I haven't had anything similar happen while typing in other programs. Lastly, I've tried to duplicate the behavior in Word to determine if certain key combinations are triggering the problems - apparently not. It really does seem random. Oh, and I did check the "sticky keys" option in Accessibility Options, but it's not turned on. Bizarro world. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The 'boxes' you describe pop up when you hit the ALT key which is adjacent to the z key. Are you activating the Alt key when accessing z? Or is the Alt key sticking, or have you activated sticky keys in Windows Accessibility Options? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Hilary wrote: sorry I wasn't clear. Part of it is because I am unclear what is happening, and because the problem does not seem consistent. Let me try again... I have a document that I have been working on in Word 2007 pulled up right now. When I type the letter "z" into the document, the letter "z" appears where the cursor is (as you would expect) but also, along the tool bars at the top, a bunch of boxes with individual letters appear over each of the tabs...an "H" over the Home tab, an "N" over the insert tab, and so on. at other times, using the letter "p" would cause some other function to start(can't remember now, it is acting normally at this time), and the "[" key would highlight a bunch of text. The strangest part is that it is erratic - is it possible that the keyboard is going bad, or am I sometimes triggering these keys to have these functions without knowing it? Thanks for your help... "Stefan Blom" wrote: It is unclear what is happening, exactly. If you want to get rid of automatic spell checking, clear the "Check spelling as you type" option in the Word Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Hilary" wrote: everytime I type the letter z, p, or [, something strange happens. sometimes the letter will actually type, but then some other feature (it is spell check for the letter p) kicks in and I have to hit the escape button. I don't know how or if I turned these features on, or how to turn them off again. |
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normal keyboard keys are doing strange things
Usually this is a touchpad issue. Even if you're not accidentally brushing
it, it may be that just typing is causing enough vibration to affect it. You might try reducing the sensitivity. Another possible factor is Speech Recognition; if you have that enabled, it can pick up ambient noise, with unpredictable effects. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "tree" wrote in message ... I'm having a similar problem with a Dell Inspiron 1505 laptop running Word 2003. While typing, the cursor sometimes jumps up to a spot in the middle of another paragraph. Another problem is that it's highlighting blocks of text (seemingly) randomly. I've paid close attention to my keystrokes, and I'm not accidentally hitting the Ctrl, Fn, Alt, or other keys that aren't commonly used while touch typing. I've also been careful to notice whether I was accidentally touching the touch pad - I'm not. I work with another Dell Inspiron 1505 and have done a lot of typing (much of it with Word 2003) on that machine, but have never had the same behavior. Furthermore, with the machine that is having the squirrelly behavior in Word, I haven't had anything similar happen while typing in other programs. Lastly, I've tried to duplicate the behavior in Word to determine if certain key combinations are triggering the problems - apparently not. It really does seem random. Oh, and I did check the "sticky keys" option in Accessibility Options, but it's not turned on. Bizarro world. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The 'boxes' you describe pop up when you hit the ALT key which is adjacent to the z key. Are you activating the Alt key when accessing z? Or is the Alt key sticking, or have you activated sticky keys in Windows Accessibility Options? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Hilary wrote: sorry I wasn't clear. Part of it is because I am unclear what is happening, and because the problem does not seem consistent. Let me try again... I have a document that I have been working on in Word 2007 pulled up right now. When I type the letter "z" into the document, the letter "z" appears where the cursor is (as you would expect) but also, along the tool bars at the top, a bunch of boxes with individual letters appear over each of the tabs...an "H" over the Home tab, an "N" over the insert tab, and so on. at other times, using the letter "p" would cause some other function to start(can't remember now, it is acting normally at this time), and the "[" key would highlight a bunch of text. The strangest part is that it is erratic - is it possible that the keyboard is going bad, or am I sometimes triggering these keys to have these functions without knowing it? Thanks for your help... "Stefan Blom" wrote: It is unclear what is happening, exactly. If you want to get rid of automatic spell checking, clear the "Check spelling as you type" option in the Word Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Hilary" wrote: everytime I type the letter z, p, or [, something strange happens. sometimes the letter will actually type, but then some other feature (it is spell check for the letter p) kicks in and I have to hit the escape button. I don't know how or if I turned these features on, or how to turn them off again. |
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