Re: Keyboard Won't Type

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From: Greg (see_sig_at_abc.xyz)
Date: 02/19/04


Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 03:33:54 GMT


"sjohnson@mstc.state.ms.us" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have a unique problem that I can't figure out and it
>applies to both Excel 97 and Word 97. Basically, the
>keyboard will not type anything into either of these
>applications. You can use the mouse to do things, you can
>copy and paste, you can use the = symbol in Excel but when
>you hit a key on the keyboard in a cell (Excel) or a
>document (Word), nothing types. I have never encountered
>this problem before. I have copied over the entire
>Microsoft Office directory from a like PC and it still
>doesn't work. This program is running Windows XP but even
>when MS Office was updated to Office XP, the same problem
>existed. Anybody ever seen or heard of this problem? If
>so, what is the solution? I have tried the CTRL-D and
>going into Visual Basic, even resetting the task bars but
>still nothing. I am plum out of ideas...Help!!!

Possibly a font problem? Try using the pulldown to choose a different
font and see if it works.

Or perhaps someone's playing a joke on you and set the default text
color to white in both applications?

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Greg
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