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Thread ID: 45462	2004-05-23 03:52:00	Funny thing with speech marks	sallyc (4507)	Press F1

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238610	2004-05-23 03:52:00	When I type speech marks (“) in any program, they do not appear until I press the space bar. If I type a vowel after the speech marks I get ë, ä, ï. ö or ü. Single speech marks produce é, á etc This didn’t used to happen. I guess it is some 'useful' feature for people who do lots of foreign language stuff but I don't need it! I am using XP Home on a 6mth old Dell PC. Also MS Office XP Suggestions gratefully received.	sallyc (4507)
238611	2004-05-23 04:04:00	This is probably because of your Regional and Language settings believe it or not. From the start menu, go to Control Panel. Click on the option for Language settings (might be called 'Date, Time, Language, and Regional settings'). Click on 'Regional and Language settings'. In the new window that pops up, click on the 'Languages' tab at the top, and click on the 'Details' button. In the new window, scroll down the list until you see 'Keyboard', and a country name underneath that heading. If that country isn't US, then you'll have to change it. To change it, click the Add button, click (in the new window) the box next to 'Keyboard layout/IME', and from the scroll list under that (not from the top scrolldown list - that's for Input language, which should be set to English - New Zealand), select 'US' and click OK. Now you should be back at the previous window, and should now have two options under 'Keyboard'. Click on the one that's NOT 'US' and click on remove. Now 'US' should be highlighted as default. Click OK to close all the windows you have open, and it might ask you to restart (I'm not sure). Now your keyboard should work correctly. Credit: Above was copied and pasted from a previous post by Susan B who in turn copied and pasted from a previous post by Mike L. :-)	robsonde (120)
238612	2004-05-24 05:49:00	Many thanks for the excellent instructions. I love this forum! I was using US -International. All now fixed.	sallyc (4507)
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