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Re: Quotation Marks when typed, single & double, go into buffer.

 
SteveBe
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Quotation Marks when typed, single & double, go into buffer.

We've got a new Pavilion a1550a. When we type if we hit the single or double quotation mark nothing happens. However, if we hit it a second time, two single or double quotation marks appear on screen. It's like the first one goes into a buffer & gets released with the second one when you hit the key a seond time. Is this a known bug with this machine? Thanks Steve.
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Roger Faucher
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Re: Quotation Marks when typed, single & double, go into buffer.

Steve:

What application/version are you using. Try Notepad and Wordpad. Does the same symptom happen?

Make a great day!

Roger
Make a great day!

Roger
SteveBe
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Re: Quotation Marks when typed, single & double, go into buffer.

Happens in any application. Tried photoshop & Works Word Processor as well as e-mail etc. Problem happens with the keys that contain the following (typed with much difficulty) ~` & "'
Not the keyboard as I tried a different one.
Jon Finley
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Re: Quotation Marks when typed, single & double, go into buffer.

It "looks" like it trying to compose a Spanish character set i.e. ~n

Check your language settings through Control Panel, Regional and Language options.

Could also be caused by a setting in the language bar located over by the Systray on the windows toolbar.

Turn off the language bar if you're not using it.

Jon

Jon
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SteveBe
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Re: Quotation Marks when typed, single & double, go into buffer.

OK, called HP tech support. This pc is a week old & the guy started telling me that it looked like we would have to do a destructive restore as he couldn't find anything wrong with the regional settings.
Anyway, not wanting to start from scratch again with this pc I said ok, I'd back up my data & call back.
Luckily, I deleted the keyboard settings installed during set up & tried an 'Irish' keyboard configuration. (I'm from Limerick) Not quite right, deleted that & tried an English Australia keyboard / US. OK! perfect.
Beats backing up 2GB's of data & configuring loads of app's.
Thanks guys & thanks HP.