quotation marks

[Michael]

Why can't I type quotation marks without hitting space bar? This phenomenon
seems to have happened suddenly. Previously I hit the quotation mark key and
it appeared instantly, now when I hit it it doesn't appear until I hit the
space bar.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You have inadvertently enabled an international keyboard layout.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

You've probably toggled a foreign keyboard on by accident. Is the Language
bar showing? It displays two letters indicating the current keyboard
language. It might have FR or ES showing right now, and displays in the
Windows task bar. Click the two-letter tool and choose EN for English.

Better still, after resetting the keyboard language to English, right-click
the EN and choose Settings - Key Settings, and disable the hot keys from
changing languages. This can keep you from accidentally toggling the
keyboard setting.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Why can't I type quotation marks without hitting space bar? This phenomenon
seems to have happened suddenly. Previously I hit the quotation mark key and
it appeared instantly, now when I hit it it doesn't appear until I hit the
space bar.

In Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages >
Details, select the US keyboard instead of the US International
keyboard.

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306560 for background.