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How do you turn off keys making special characters?

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RobSmy

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Jan 19, 2009, 4:53:01 PM1/19/09
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Sometimes some keys begin registering different characters, like an accented
E when I press apostrophe (not after an Alt). The only way I can turn this
off is save my work, exit word, and restart. What's the official way to
return my keyboard to normal?

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Jan 19, 2009, 5:10:51 PM1/19/09
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You need to switch keyboards from an international layout to your usual one.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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grammatim

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Jan 19, 2009, 5:16:03 PM1/19/09
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You probably accidentally typed LeftAlt-Shift, which toggles/cycles
through the installed keyboards. You can remove any keyboards you know
you're never going to use, but you do that differently in XP or Vista.
(You begin with Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options,
and can probably figure it out from there.)

Pablo Cardellino

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Jan 19, 2009, 5:19:30 PM1/19/09
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Switch the input language, which is a property of Windows system. Try just
ctrl+shift for switching, or alt + shift. You can disable the keyboard
shortcut here:
Control Panel > Regional and language settings > Languages > Details > Key
settings

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