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    alanincornwall Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 5, 2007, 07:21 AM
    Keyboard malfunctions in MS Office applications
    This is weird. Today my keyboard has started showing the wrong symbols, but only in MS Word and Excel. For example, I type the £ symbol and here it works fine but in MS Word (and Excel) it shows as #. The " symbol in MS Word shows as @.
    I am not aware that I changed any settings - can anyone tell me how I can get back to where it should be?
    Thanks a lot.
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    Lowtax4eva Posts: 2,467, Reputation: 190
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    Apr 5, 2007, 08:53 AM
    Make sure it's set up for english (uk) this is not a symbol used in english (usa or canada) settings. The language setting can be found in tools

    Also check for updates to fix any more general problems your having.
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    alanincornwall Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 5, 2007, 09:43 AM
    Yes - I've already checked that and language setting is correct. Thanks for your suggestion - any other ideas? :-)
    :)
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    Apr 9, 2007, 08:33 AM
    Try using the Insert symbol from the drop-down menu instead.
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