[Nelvina2]

Help! I have a new eMac running System 10 and every time I try to type a slash it comes out like this: é or a square bracket comes out like this: ^ What is with this character assassinationÉ If Ièm in System 9 on the same machine I have no problem (oops look at those question mark and apostrophe errors!). Is it meÉ or my systemÉ (boy this is ugly!) Thanks for the help N2

[Richyfp]

Check that your keyboard mapping is correct, as follows:

Go to System Preferences (from the Apple menu) then click on International (in the Personal section) then click the Input Menu tab at the far right and make sure that your country is checked at the side. If this still doesn't work, make sure that your country is the only selected country and try typing. Also, make sure that the appropraite Language is selected under the Language tab of the same preference panel and that the script behaviour is correctly set.

Hopefully this will fix your problem. If not, post back...

[Detrius]

Originally posted by Nelvina2:
Help! I have a new eMac running System 10 and every time I try to type a slash it comes out like this: é or a square bracket comes out like this: ^ What is with this character assassinationÉ If Ièm in System 9 on the same machine I have no problem (oops look at those question mark and apostrophe errors!). Is it meÉ or my systemÉ (boy this is ugly!) Thanks for the help N2

I must say: welcome back to the Mac platform! If you are calling it System 10, you MUST have been gone for a VERY long time.

Note: I think 7.5.5 was the last "System."

[Nelvina2]

Originally posted by Richyfp:
Check that your keyboard mapping is correct, as follows:

Go to System Preferences (from the Apple menu) then click on International (in the Personal section) then click the Input Menu tab at the far right and make sure that your country is checked at the side. If this still doesn't work, make sure that your country is the only selected country and try typing. Also, make sure that the appropraite Language is selected under the Language tab of the same preference panel and that the script behaviour is correctly set.

Hopefully this will fix your problem. If not, post back...

Thanks much... had to go back and forth with those menus a bit... but it finally worked. I am back basking in typed text correctness and free to commune in cyberspace.

p.s. For any folks out there noticing my nostalgic nomenclature for "Systems"... well... that's what it is... I'm just nostalgic... harkening back to the day when we weren't nearly hip enough to say "OS".

Have a nice day...

N2

[voodoo]

System 10. I like it

(btw, post no 4000 for me. life I must get)