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| Thread ID: 107522 | 2010-02-19 17:08:00 | quotemarks mistype in Windows 7 | argus (366) | Press F1 |
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| 859993 | 2010-02-19 17:08:00 | Trivial but annoying problem. In my Windows 7 environment, when I type a quotemark (' or ") in MS Word or on the web, the keyboard doesn't immediately respond; it only delivers the quote when I type the next character. That's if the character is a consonant. If the first char after " is a vowel I get that vowel with two dots over it (umlaut or dieresis). I was using a comfortable old wireless keyboard that has never given this trouble before, so I figured it had to be my new Windows 7 desktop. Just to be sure it wasn't some strange incompatibility, I unplugged the wireless device and connected the keyboard that came with the machine; problem persists. Close Windows and reboot into Ubuntu - no quote problem. So looks like it's definitely a mis-setting in Windows 7. How do I fix it? Keyboard in Control Panel just gives me irrelevant things like repeat-rate; tells me nothing about the character-set. Thanks. |
argus (366) | ||
| 859994 | 2010-02-19 17:33:00 | I have had this exact same problem, but I have no idea what causes it | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 859995 | 2010-02-19 18:13:00 | You might have US International as your keyboard type. "Anyway, using the US International layout will delay the effect of the ' and " keys (among others) to let them be combined with other keys. To get the original keys you have to press space after them, eg quote-space " from here lists.scribus.info |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 859996 | 2010-02-19 18:35:00 | You might have US International as your keyboard type. "Anyway, using the US International layout will delay the effect of the ' and " keys (among others) to let them be combined with other keys. To get the original keys you have to press space after them, eg quote-space " from here lists.scribus.info More info at this link with info on how to change to US instead of United States-International keyboard layout. support.microsoft.com |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 859997 | 2010-02-19 19:14:00 | Looks interesting... Though I never have chosen US International keyboard - at least not on purpose or that I know of.. If I notice this problem again, I will check this setting... :thumbs: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 859998 | 2010-02-20 03:06:00 | Thanks: quotes now “good” even “awesome”; “umlautery” has ceased. | argus (366) | ||
| 859999 | 2010-02-20 03:43:00 | "Happy to hear it" | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 860000 | 2010-02-20 08:53:00 | Amen to that. I thought I was the only obne affected. Thanks safari. so easy when you know how! | Shortstop (632) | ||
| 860001 | 2010-02-20 09:32:00 | I had a similar problem with XP recently. ' # ' became ' £ ' , ' @ ' became ' " ' , ' " ' became ' @ ' . The cause was that it was set for an English keyboard. |
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