typing @ results in "

[Hugh Murfitt]

Periodically, typing @ results in " and vice versa. Other keys that don’t do
what they’re supposed to do are £ (shift+3, which gives #) and # (which gives
|). Once it starts, this little nuisance happens in all Office applications.
I think, but don’t know, that it occurs sometimes if I’ve been in Excel.
Can anybody tell me why this happens and what I can do to prevent it?
I’m running Office Pro 2003 on Windows XP SP2

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Start - Control Panel - Keyboard - Language

Change your settings to UK.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[Hugh Murfitt]

Thanks JoAnn for the response.
Do yo know what triggers the language to change and how I prevent it
happening?

Start - Control Panel - Keyboard - Language

Change your settings to UK.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Periodically, typing @ results in " and vice versa. Other keys that don't
do
what they're supposed to do are £ (shift+3, which gives #) and # (which
gives
|). Once it starts, this little nuisance happens in all Office
applications.
I think, but don't know, that it occurs sometimes if I've been in Excel.
Can anybody tell me why this happens and what I can do to prevent it?
I'm running Office Pro 2003 on Windows XP SP2

 

[JoAnn Paules]

No clue. I've seen more people ask about getting an unexpected @ sign than
an unexpected ".

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Thanks JoAnn for the response.
Do yo know what triggers the language to change and how I prevent it
happening?

Start - Control Panel - Keyboard - Language

Change your settings to UK.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Periodically, typing @ results in " and vice versa. Other keys that
don't
do
what they're supposed to do are £ (shift+3, which gives #) and # (which
gives
|). Once it starts, this little nuisance happens in all Office
applications.
I think, but don't know, that it occurs sometimes if I've been in
Excel.
Can anybody tell me why this happens and what I can do to prevent it?
I'm running Office Pro 2003 on Windows XP SP2

 

[Harlan Grove]

Do yo know what triggers the language to change and how I prevent
it happening?

....

It's caused by pressing a combination of shift keys (Shift, Ctrl and
Alt). I believe the default is left [Alt] and [Shift] keys. If you
never want your keyboard's language settings to change, best to
disable this 'feature'. The following applies to Windows XP.

Launch the Regional Settings applet in Control Panel, which should
display a dialog titled Regional and Language Options.

Click the Languages tab, and click the Details... button in that tab
to display a dialog titled Test Services and Input Languages.

Select English (United Kingdom) [...] as Default input language in the
topmost dropdown in this dialog.

Click on the Key Settings... button near the bottom of the dialog to
display a dialog titled Advanced Key Settings.

In the Hot Keys [...] section, select the Switch between input
languages entry in the list box, then click on the Change Key
Sequence... button to display a dialog titled Change Key Sequence.

In that dialog, UNCHECK BOTH Switch input languages AND Switch
keyboard layouts.

Click on OK in that dialog and all other dialogs until you're out of
the Regional Settings applet.

 

[Hugh Murfitt]

BRILLIANT!!
Thanks Harlan

Do yo know what triggers the language to change and how I prevent
it happening?

....

It's caused by pressing a combination of shift keys (Shift, Ctrl and
Alt). I believe the default is left [Alt] and [Shift] keys. If you
never want your keyboard's language settings to change, best to
disable this 'feature'. The following applies to Windows XP.

Launch the Regional Settings applet in Control Panel, which should
display a dialog titled Regional and Language Options.

Click the Languages tab, and click the Details... button in that tab
to display a dialog titled Test Services and Input Languages.

Select English (United Kingdom) [...] as Default input language in the
topmost dropdown in this dialog.

Click on the Key Settings... button near the bottom of the dialog to
display a dialog titled Advanced Key Settings.

In the Hot Keys [...] section, select the Switch between input
languages entry in the list box, then click on the Change Key
Sequence... button to display a dialog titled Change Key Sequence.

In that dialog, UNCHECK BOTH Switch input languages AND Switch
keyboard layouts.

Click on OK in that dialog and all other dialogs until you're out of
the Regional Settings applet.