Keyboard problem with? in MS Word

When I hit a '? ' in MS Word, it is replaced by a pound symbol British currency but if followed by a return back the symbol changes again into one?.  Under XP and the keyboard is a multimedia MS 1. 0a.

This problem does not occur in Notepad, Wordpad or MS Publisher. Also, the slash (same key) works correctly.

All the patches?

Hi BillShand,

You will need to check the AutoCorrect option. What version of MSOffice do you use?
If Office 2007-> open Word 2007-> click the Ribbon on the top left-> Word Options-> Proofing-online-> Type AutoCorrect Options->? -> in replace-> Select it-> click Delete-> ok on all screens.

If Office 2003-> open Word 2003-> tools-> Options-> General-> AutoCorrect-> Type->? -> in replace-> Select it-> click Delete-> ok on all screens.

I hope this helps.

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