Microsoft KB Archive/318044

= MacOFFX: Accented Characters Are Not Inserted When You Press the OPTION+Character Keys =

Article ID: 318044

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office X for Mac Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Entourage X for Mac
 * Microsoft Excel X for Mac
 * Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac
 * Microsoft Word X for Mac

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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.



STATUS
Microsoft 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.

Additional query words: MacOFFX Mac OFFX WDX PPTX XLX ENTX ent wd ppt circumflex umlaut option key command a e i o u vowel french portuguese spanish german italian japanese swedish danish dutch language localized international different other additional accents accent

Keywords: kbbug KB318044

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