Ok all of the sudden my keyboard won't let me use a single quotation instead it comes out as an e with the little french accent over top. This only happens in my email program (thunderbird) it seems. This strikes me as very odd. I don't know of anything I changed recently but it just happened. Anyone know how I can change it back before I start flying the fleur de lis.
Thanks.
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03-15-2007, 03:20 PM #1
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computer keyboard techtalk beatch
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03-15-2007, 03:23 PM #2
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Never mind, nothing to see here. I shut down thunderbird and it fixed itself on starting up again. Taberfuckingnac! Shit too late ...mon dieu!
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03-15-2007, 04:17 PM #3
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Probably had something to do with language settings. Check that in the future.
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03-15-2007, 06:01 PM #4
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yea I did but didn't see anything amiss. Not sure if there was another place beyond where I looked. Thankfully the urge for a plate of poutine has also passed, now if I can just resist the diet pepsi.
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03-16-2007, 10:25 AM #5
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Sometimes the Alt key is used to access these special characters (along with the keypad - but depending on the software) so make sure you do not have Windows sticky keys turned on (different than the diet Pepsi spilled on the keyboard- this is holding down the key automatically - used by handicapped or adaptive users that can't do multiple key strokes at the same time). Search Windows help on sticky keys for more info.
Or if a reboot or relaunch of the program solved it it could have been a corruption in memory.
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