[Solved] Muddle between @ and " on keyboard

[Canna W]

Hi,

I would be very grateful for some help. I am experiencing a muddle up between my inverted commas "....and my 'at' figure @. To get @ on the keyboard I have to press ", and to get " on the keyboard I have to press @.

I'd be most grateful if someone has any advice about this.

[robleyd]

Try another keyboard in case it is a keyboard problem. Does it happen with other programs besides OpenOffice? If yes, it might be a keyboard issue.

[LastUnicorn]

Sounds like you have the wrong keyboard layout selected as your default keyboard layout. Likely you have a UK/GB keyboard but your system has it registered that you have a US keyboard layout. (Something like that, could be the other way round.) In any case select a different keyboard layout to match the keyboard layout that your keyboard actually has.

You can get a look at the differences between these two keyboard layouts here: British and American keyboards

Your forum signature says you are on Windows 7. To change the keyboard layout in Windows 7 see this page: Change your keyboard layout

[LastUnicorn]

If you are not on Windows 7 but are on Windows 10 or Windows 11 see this page: Manage the input and display language settings in Windows

[Canna W]

@robleyd - thank you for the suggestion. I didn't have another keyboard to hand, but would have tried it if I had.

[Canna W]

@LastUnicorn Thank you for your response. I have Windows 11 (I must see if I can alter that on my profile.) I followed the link and tried to follow the instructions, but didn't get any results that I could see. Undoubted because I was doing something wrong. Anyway, I then belatedly decided just to reboot my computer...and it re-set my keyboard, which is now working properly again.

Thank you again for suggestions.

[LastUnicorn]

Glad it got fixed for you, however that occurred.

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