Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Keyboard Issue

by wordboy101 Apr 24, 2007 2:52AM PDT

Hi all,

Has anyone had this problem with Word. I am typing along, and all of the sudden some of the special characters are mapped differently. For example, when I hit the "?" key, I get a "

Discussion is locked

2 Posts

- Collapse + Expand Details

- Collapse -

Re: three possibilities

by Kees Bakker Apr 24, 2007 5:21AM PDT

1. Keyboard mapper program active.
2. Defective keyboard.
3. Keyboard definition changed in Config Panel>Regional Settings

Solution depends on cause.

Are you sure it's a Word issue? Try Notepad and email program.

Hope this helps.

Keea

- Collapse -

Re keyboad issue.

by Papa Echo Apr 24, 2007 6:00PM PDT

....I am typing along, and all of the sudden some of the special characters ...

So, do you mean the typing was OK initially, then all of a sudden, it changed ?

Back to Office & Productivity Software forum