Hey Tim, typed in alt 36 and got a spade sign.

checked out accessibility in the control panel and it says sticky fingers is
NOT in use. Keyboard is about 4 years old...will try swapping it out with
another one and see if things improve.

Thanks for all your help. Will let y'all know the outcome of the next
experiment.

Tee

"Kuay Tim" wrote:

Hi momranger,

Can you use the Alt key to enter other characters. Try holding the Alt key while typing 36 from the numerical keypad. When released this should produce a dollar sign ($).

There might be a problem with the Alt key on the keyboard or sticky keys is in use. Check Accessibility Options Control Panel for this possibility.

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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"momranger" wrote in message ...
Thanks Squire. However, it didn't work.

"Squire" wrote:

Try doing a system Restore to a date previous to his hitting Alt8◘iiiill¶$ll.

"momranger" wrote in message
...
My husband was told in an email to hit alt 8 while in the email (he uses
OE 6
on windows xp home edition sp2). Why did he do this? Who knows, but now
when he types anything on his computer, things get all jumbled and
jarbled.
Here are some examples of what happens:

type f and a semicolon gets inserted in front of the f

type g and an apostropy is inserted in front of the g

type an n and it inserts itself in front of the letter typed previously

type p and an r automatically inserts itself right after the p. When the
r
is typed, the p inserts itself in front of it. (sort of reminds me of
cell
phone predictive texting)

Anyway, this is very frustrating as it pretty much stops him from playing
on
his own computer and hogs mine. Can someone PLEASE help me? I checked
out
the character directory in programs/accessories but could not find
anything
related to alt8. I just know he did something really easy to fix, but for
the life of me I can't figure it out.

Thanks in advance for your help.