Problems Typing Quotation Mark, Caret, Apostrophe, or Tilde

ID: Q126566

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you are typing, quotation marks ("), carets (^), apostrophes ('), and tildes (~) do not appear until you press another key.

CAUSE

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

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

REFERENCES

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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Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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