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Quite frequently when starting to type I get this character " ` "

hssutton

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 1:54PM

Quite frequently when starting to type I get this character " ` " This can be very annoying if not noticed, such as this morning when I logged into my bank account. Actually should have said tried to log-in. I'm not sure what the character is or how to prevent it occurring.

This as happened randomly since Word 2007 crashed last week, see thread Word 2007 crashing

Any help in curing this problem would be apprciated

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Woolwell

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 2:11PM

It could be the character top left on your keyboard above the tab key. Are you accidentally hitting this key or is it stuck down/playing up?

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hssutton

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 2:20PM

That certainly look like the same character, but I'm positive I'm not hitting that key in error, as when it happened this morning I was using the number keypad

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lotvic

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 2:28PM

Have found out it is called a backtick and is used in scripting Shell commands, The backtick is used to indicate that the enclosed text is to be executed as a command... though I have no idea what's causing the problem you have :(

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hssutton

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 2:33PM

Thanks for the replies I should have mentioned in my OP that this happens randomly on the first key press be it a letter or number.

As I said this is not a problem if noticed, but becomes a problem when not noticed when logging-on

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Woolwell

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 2:44PM

Are you able to try a different keyboard?

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hssutton

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Posted February 4, 2012 at 3:16PM

Woolwell

This is a relatively new keyboard, but yes this evening I will be able to try a different keyboard. As this is a random occurance I will report back sometime tomorrow.

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