Strange behaviour when using "Quotes"

When i type a qoute the qoute mark is not inserted until i type the next
letter and the end qoute is note insterted until i press space.

Any ideas ?

On Jul 1, 2007, Mike Cook wrote:

> When i type a qoute the qoute mark is not inserted until i type the next
> letter and the end qoute is note insterted until i press space.
>
> Any ideas ?
>

I'm guessing it has to do with "smart quotes" that display differently
depending on whether they're opening quotes or closing quotes. The program
may be waiting for your next character to determine which type of quotation
mark to place there.

If you're not using smart quotes, I haven't a clue.

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On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:52:57 GMT, "Mike Cook" <>
wrote:

> When i type a qoute the qoute mark is not inserted until i type the next
> letter and the end qoute is note insterted until i press space.
>
> Any ideas ?

You're using the US-International keyboard layout, which is provided
to facilitate typing special characters like ä. This can be turned off
in Control Panel | Regional and Language Options | Languages | Details
| Settings.


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On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:41:33 GMT, Joey Dee from NYC
>On Jul 1, 2007, Mike Cook wrote:
>
>> When i type a qoute the qoute mark is not inserted until i type the next
>> letter and the end qoute is note insterted until i press space.
>
>I'm guessing it has to do with "smart quotes" that display differently
>depending on whether they're opening quotes or closing quotes. The program
>may be waiting for your next character to determine which type of quotation
>mark to place there.

No, it's not that, if this is a system-wide issue, rather than just in
Word (or other MS Office apps that use "smart quotes").

It's more likely the use of "International US keyboard", as opposed to
the regular US one. That does this sort of (annoying!) thing to make
it easier to enter accented characters.

The "feature' dates back to typewriters, which sometimes had the ' key
as a "dead" key that didn't move the typing position forward. That
way, you could type 'e or 'a for accented variants of those letters,
and ' followed by space for a "real" single-quote character.



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"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" <> wrote in
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> On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:41:33 GMT, Joey Dee from NYC
>>On Jul 1, 2007, Mike Cook wrote:
>>
>>> When i type a qoute the qoute mark is not inserted until i type the next
>>> letter and the end qoute is note insterted until i press space.
>>
>>I'm guessing it has to do with "smart quotes" that display differently
>>depending on whether they're opening quotes or closing quotes. The program
>>may be waiting for your next character to determine which type of
>>quotation
>>mark to place there.
>
> No, it's not that, if this is a system-wide issue, rather than just in
> Word (or other MS Office apps that use "smart quotes").
>
> It's more likely the use of "International US keyboard", as opposed to
> the regular US one. That does this sort of (annoying!) thing to make
> it easier to enter accented characters.
>
> The "feature' dates back to typewriters, which sometimes had the ' key
> as a "dead" key that didn't move the typing position forward. That
> way, you could type 'e or 'a for accented variants of those letters,
> and ' followed by space for a "real" single-quote character.
>
>
>
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