Re: Word 2002 Problem

From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:22:11 -0700

In news:evS1qaeHEHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Anopheles <AnophelesOz@yahoo.com.au> typed:

> I have just reformatted and reinstalled Windows XP Pro with
Office XP
> Pro. I now have a problem that appears in Word as well as
Notepad and
> Wordpad that is annoying. When I type inverted commas (or
quotation
> marks) the cursor does not move to the next position and
display the
> character, it remains where it is and no character is
displayed. If I
> press space bar, the cursor moves on revealing the quotation
mark.
> This is of course a huge problem when typing. The problem
wasn't
> there before so something has changed in the settings. All
other
> characters are fine, it's just the two characters on that key,
the
> single quotation and full quotation marks.

You're using the US-International keyboard layout, which is
provided to facilitate typing special characters like ä. This can
be turned off in Control Panel | Regional and Language Options |
Languages | Details | Settings. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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