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When I press the Shift key and the Semi Colon key I get an @

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Marlon Sanchez

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Oct 13, 2006, 5:17:02 PM10/13/06

When I press the Shift key and the Semi Colon key I get an @ symbol. I
really want a Colon. I can't figure out why. This is only happening with
Word, Outlook, and Powerpoint. Under regional settings I'm using English
with an US keyboard. If I press the backspace key and then try it again the
colon appears. I looked under Symbols and Special Characters in Word, but
there is no shortcut key in there causing this. Any help resolving this
issue would be greatly appreciated.

Cindy M.

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Oct 16, 2006, 4:35:30 AM10/16/06

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TWFybG9uIFNhbmNoZXo=?=,

> When I press the Shift key and the Semi Colon key I get an @ symbol. I
> really want a Colon. I can't figure out why. This is only happening with
> Word, Outlook, and Powerpoint. Under regional settings I'm using English
> with an US keyboard. If I press the backspace key and then try it again the
> colon appears. I looked under Symbols and Special Characters in Word, but
> there is no shortcut key in there causing this.
>

How about Tools/autocorrect options/AutoCorrect? Has an Autocorrect entry been
created for the colon?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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