It looks to me like the action of an AutoCorrect entry. Check to see if you
have something that replaces with a space. (Although AC shouldn't kick in
until you press a space or punctuation.)
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"NealJH" wrote in message
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I can type any special character in word except the "less than" symbol. As
soon as i type in once and try a second time, it automatically erases
itself
or just shows a white space like the space bar was just pressed. I have
tried another PS/2 keyboard, a USB Keyboard and have updated office and
windows 2000 Pro. Everything else works fine.

Any Suggestions


NJH