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word 2003 mixes up @ and " symbols

  • 09-09-2009 2:31pm
    #1
    00sully
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    my ms word 2003 is mixing up the shift + 2 and shift + ' combo's. This doesn't seem to be related to the usual language problem as these combinations work correctly for all other applications installed!

    I cannot seem to find any extra settings in Word which account for this old "Americanised keyboard switcharoo"

    anyone got any ideas?


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  • #2
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    You need to change your keyboard layout to english (irish) instead of english (American) I believe you can do this under the Region and Language options in the control panel.


  • #3
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    look down the bottom of word, in the left corner it should say " English Ireland"
    yours probably says "english USA"


  • #4
    hobochris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭hobochris


    Try checking your keyboard settings in Regional and Languages in control panel.

    Control panel >> Regional and Languages >>Languages >>Details : you can change keyboard settings here.


  • #5
    00sully
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭00sully


    nah my language and regional settings are English (Ireland) as is my keyboard layout - thats why this has me confused.

    word did have it at English(UK) but the change to Ireland made no difference. It is not a problem in ANY other application!! (well any that i've tried - notepad, notepad++, visual studio) weird.


  • #6
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    00sully wrote: »
    ...
    word did have it at English(UK)...

    There ya go... reboot and it should be fixed


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  • #7
    00sully
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭00sully


    sweet thanks Tallon. still don't understand why word picked up its own language preference since the computer was always set to English Ireland for both language and keyboard layouts! Word was also set to "detect language automatically" and I would have thought it would have taken this from the regional language settings. weird.

    aynwho thanks again :)

    edit: oh and no reboot was required but changing the language settings in word (at the bottom status bar doh!) only applied to text from the current cursor position - selecting all text and applying again fixed it!


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