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Q126566: Problems Typing Quotation Mark, Caret, Apostrophe, or Tilde

Article: Q126566
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are typing, quotation marks ("), carets (^), apostrophes ('), and
tildes (~) do not appear until you press another key.

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs when you have the US-International keyboard layout loaded,
and is designed to let you use accented characters without remapping the
keyboard.

RESOLUTION
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To change this behavior, use the International tool in Control Panel to change
the keyboard layout from US-International to US.

REFERENCES
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For more information about the US-International keyboard layout, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q97738 Using US-Int'l Keyboard Layout to Type Accented Characters

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 accent grave circumflex

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWFW310 kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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