Keyboard Viewer in word 2004

[jcarrier6]

I'm having some problems with Keyboard Viewer in word; whenever I
change my input language, the keyboard viewer only shows English. I
can still type in the language, but the keys don't show up on the
keyboard viewer. I've tried a couple of different languages and get
the same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[badoldlady]

I'm having some problems with Keyboard Viewer in word; whenever I
change my input language, the keyboard viewer only shows English. I
can still type in the language, but the keys don't show up on the
keyboard viewer. I've tried a couple of different languages and get
the same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

I'm having the same problem - and apparently so have Mac users since
at least 2005! The only way around it I have found is to have no other
program open - no Safari, no Mail, no Excel, only Word. Hope this
provides some relief!

 

[CyberTaz]

Not a frequent user of different languages, but have you tried making the
switch, then closing/opening Keyboard Viewer? In a quick test that seems to
work here.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[badoldlady]

Making what switch exactly?

Not a frequent user of different languages, but have you tried making the
switch, then closing/openingKeyboard Viewer? In a quick test that seems to
work here.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[CyberTaz]

Sorry - I meant selecting the different language from the Input Menu in the
Menu Bar. (I'm assuming you do have that option checked I the
International>Input Menu Prefs.)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[badoldlady]

Of course! How else would I be trying to change languages but by
choosing them there? It may well be working for you, but is it working
when you also have Safari open? Anyone else with more experience
switching languages out there?

 

[badoldlady]

Dearest Bob, Quoting you: "Not a frequent user of different
languages". Hardly inspires confidence in any garbled reply you
subsequently post. Thanks SO much for your help however, it has
changed my life forever. Please provide your postal address so that I
can forward you my firstborn. Express.

Had I not tested based on the content of the posts to which I was replying I
would not have replied in the first place.

At the moment I am running Safari, MailWord, Excel & Entourage.

In addition to US & US Extended I have Unicode, Spanish & Hangul (Korean,
all subsets) active. The one flaky thing about it is that switching to
Spanish from anything other than US does invoke US, but selecting Spanish a
second time updates the viewer correctly.

However, I experience *exactly* the same behavior with *no* programs running
at all. This indicates that Office has nothing to do with the operation ofKeyboard Viewer, but that the problem is with the OS, Safari or [most
likely] theKeyboard Viewerutility itself. Perhaps you would be more likely
to find the expertise you seek in the Apple Discussions forum:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=758

I've also poked around there a bit there, however, & it doesn't appear that
anyone has a solution. Most of the "experts" seem to be steering users to
the applications groups such as this one without taking the time to find
that the anomaly *isn't* application or program related.

Since my level of competence doesn't seem to meet your standards, though, I
won't waste any more of my time boring you with my comments on what is
evidently a non-Office issue.

Good Luck |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Of course! How else would I be trying to change languages but by
choosing them there? It may well be working for you, but is it working
when you also have Safari open? Anyone else with more experience
switching languages out there?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Nothing like living up to one's pseudonym...

 

[JE McGimpsey]

and here's me thinking it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I think we are going to like this badoldlady.

(We already think Bob's OK)

Oh, I didn't say I didn't like her.

Curmudgeons are welcome here, obviously...<g>