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MAC KEYBOARD SYMBOLS NOT WORKING WINDOWS

System settings: Language is French (France) and Region is United States Opening in safe mode the shortcuts still do not work. You can ask for more help by replying to this post (Reply button below).Ĭharles Kenyon Attorney at Law Madison, Wisconsin wordfaqaddbalancecom The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word Please let me know if you have any more questions or require further help. This forum is a user-to-user support forum. Check the settings now to see if the shortcuts are already there (as they should be). You could assign keyboard shortcuts in Word for these as a workaround. What is your system setting for language and region?Ĭheck to make sure your keyboard settings are not set to automatically change to fit the language being used. That said, when Word is started in safe mode, do the shortcut keys work? If you do, you can include a link to this thread. You can use the Feedback mechanism in Office to bring this problem to the attention of people who can do something. If you assign a rating to my response, please rate my response, rather than what Microsoft is doing to all of us!

Please don't shoot the messenger! I am a fellow user trying to help you use the Office that is rather than the one that should be. Thanks in advance for suggestions / advice / referrals The shortcuts in the support post above to type accented letters in French, Spanish, etc. Having learned to type on a QWERTY keyboard, and living in the USA, I prefer to use These shortcuts are a golden solution, as other options are a huge pain, as noted above. I work in a multi-lingual environment and need to be able to type accents quickly. these have been the settings for months and months, and they have not prevented me from enjoying the shortcuts before today.

MAC KEYBOARD SYMBOLS NOT WORKING WINDOWS

my windows language / region is French my keyboard is English-USA. opening word in safe mode or going back to a restore point are also not very helpful. That is not ideal, especially if words exist in accented and unaccented form. Imagine doing that (using insert character in the menu) every time you wanted to type a capital letter!! the spell checker for the other language often picks up the need for accents, but using 'insert character' or ALT+numbers is not a very helpful idea. and the keys for the accent shortcuts (`:',^ etc) all work my keyboard is fine - the ctrl key works to copy / paste / select all / etc.

MAC KEYBOARD SYMBOLS NOT WORKING UPDATE

update 2004 of Windows 10 was just installed my Office 2019 updates come automatically so I am not aware when they come.

MAC KEYBOARD SYMBOLS NOT WORKING HOW TO

The key question is how to restore these shortcuts if theyĬould these questions be referred to the appropriate team at MS who might know? Today these shortcuts are no longer working. They are SUPER HELPFUL to efficiently type when accents are needed. Normally these shortcuts work in Word and Outlook, but not in Excel or Powerpoint. This support topic describes how to add accented letters while typing:

Please help to unlock why keyboard shortcuts for accented letters no longer work!!

Mac keyboard symbols not working