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can you help me figure out how to make the questions mark appear as a
question mark and not the character above (a spanish e). the quotation marks
also do the same thing. other characters are normal.

thanks!!
susan

szjensen wrote:

> can you help me figure out how to make the questions mark appear as a
> question mark and not the character above (a spanish e). the quotation
> marks
> also do the same thing. other characters are normal.

You've got the wrong locale selected. Go to Control Panel>Regional and
Language Options and make sure you've selected the correct choice; i.e., if
in the US you want plain United States and not United States International.
I don't know if Works has a separate place where you set your country or
not. Works-related questions should be posted in its newsgroup:

microsoft.public.works.win

Malke
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"szjensen" <szjensen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> can you help me figure out how to make the questions mark appear as a
> question mark and not the character above (a spanish e). the quotation
> marks
> also do the same thing. other characters are normal.
>
> thanks!!
> susan


You have the keyboard set for Canada French or Canada International..

Go to Regional and Language Options and change it to Canada English..


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Thanks so much. I've tried saving the settings as you indicate below but no
luck. Still not getting quotes or question mark. Any other help?? Backslash
is a weird a andthe brackets next to backsplash also a weird character? pls
help i don't know what else to do??

thanks,
susan

"Malke" wrote:

> szjensen wrote:
>
> > can you help me figure out how to make the questions mark appear as a
> > question mark and not the character above (a spanish e). the quotation
> > marks
> > also do the same thing. other characters are normal.
>
> You've got the wrong locale selected. Go to Control Panel>Regional and
> Language Options and make sure you've selected the correct choice; i.e., if
> in the US you want plain United States and not United States International.
> I don't know if Works has a separate place where you set your country or
> not. Works-related questions should be posted in its newsgroup:
>
> microsoft.public.works.win
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

szjensen wrote:

> Thanks so much. I've tried saving the settings as you indicate below but
> no
> luck. Still not getting quotes or question mark. Any other help??
> Backslash
> is a weird a andthe brackets next to backsplash also a weird character?
> pls help i don't know what else to do??

You aren't supposed to save the settings exactly as I said; you're supposed
to use settings for where you are! If you are in Canada, do as Mike Hal
wrote. You're still not using the correct locale!

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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