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Why does the question mark key start producing another character instead? I have to reboot my computer to clear this fault.

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When composing e-mails, eventually the question mark key starts producing a strange italic E symbol. Also quotation marks and apostrophe's become italic. I'm thinking perhaps it happens after I accidentally press some other key by mistake, but can't be sure.

When composing e-mails, eventually the question mark key starts producing a strange italic E symbol. Also quotation marks and apostrophe's become italic. I'm thinking perhaps it happens after I accidentally press some other key by mistake, but can't be sure.

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could it be after you paste from say word?

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No, I don't think that's what's happening. The wrong character is always the same - a capital E with an accent over it.

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what font are you using? What language version?