Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
09-04-2023, 08:55
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Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
How to enable ampersand, question mark and bracket keys etc please, these were working up until this morning.
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09-04-2023, 09:23
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
Try checking to see if your keyboard is still UK and not US.
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09-04-2023, 09:40
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Try checking to see if your keyboard is still UK and not US.
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Yes Hom3r I've checked and it is UK
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09-04-2023, 10:01
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
What happens when you press it, do you get other chracters etc?
Not a perfect solution but a word package allows you to select characters.
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09-04-2023, 10:53
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
Remember that you can get unusual characters like ° (Degree) from
programes/accessories/system tools/character map
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09-04-2023, 10:58
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
I changed it to English(United States) and all seems back to normal. Many thanks Hom3r and Heero for your help.
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09-04-2023, 11:02
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
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Originally Posted by Tinky
I changed it to English(United States) and all seems back to normal. Many thanks Hom3r and Heero for your help.
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if you switch it back to UK does it work again? can you check your region is set correctly?
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09-04-2023, 11:14
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
if you switch it back to UK does it work again? can you check your region is set correctly?
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I know now where I went wrong, I was using the caps lock instead of the shift key, another senior moment.
Ive now switched back to English UK.
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09-04-2023, 11:20
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Re: Ampersand and question mark etc buttons
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Originally Posted by Tinky
I know now where I went wrong, I was using the caps lock instead of the shift key, another senior moment.
Ive now switched back to English UK.
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arrr easy done
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