MacOFFX: Accented Characters Are Not Inserted When You Press the OPTION+Character Keys (318044)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office v. X for Mac
- Microsoft Entourage X
- Microsoft Excel X for Mac
- Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac
- Microsoft Word X for Mac
This article was previously published under Q318044 SYMPTOMS
When you type accented characters or extended characters in the English U.S. version of Office v. X for Mac, the characters may not appear correctly in the document.
You may see this behavior more frequently if the keyboard layout and Office program are set to a language other than English U.S.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use one or more of the following methods:
- Press the key combination twice, before you press the character key. For example, to insert an accented e, press OPTION+e, OPTION+e, and then e.
- Use the Times font.
- Set the font, and then disable or hide the Formatting Palette and the Formatting toolbar.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
This behavior has been seen only in the English U.S. version of Office v. X for Mac.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/18/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB318044 |
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