MacBook Pro keeps typing z & has intrusive Eastern European font dialogue box partial solution?

I was typing a doc and suddenly the “Z” button on my keyboard started press and has intrusive Eastern European font dialogue box.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Aug 31, 2023 12:59 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Aug 31, 2023 2:44 AM in response to yojit19

Please post a screen shot of what you are seeing. Hard to help without that.

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