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how do we get back to normal writing and not using unicode?

My laptop is writing in uni code and it won't go back to English someone please help its urgent!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 13, 2012 2:33 AM

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May 13, 2012 6:30 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

I don't think it is Unicode actually! What happens when you type asdfg you see something like ÅÍîîî and when you type the letter 'k' the apple logo comes up! In my languages input sources list the languages checked are

- British- which I do want


and all or these I don't want and it won't allow me to un tick them!

Pinyin- simplified

Wubi Xing

Wubi hua

Trackpad handwriting

Zhuyin

Pinyin- traditional

Cangjie

Jianyi

Trackpad handwriting

2-set Korean

3-set Korean

390 sebulshik

GongjinCheong Romaja

HNC Romaja

Hiragana

Katakana

Romaji

Anjal

May 13, 2012 6:37 AM in response to userabc123456789

Are you using an external keyboard at all? If so, it sounds like it needs remapping. Go to


 > System Preferences > Keyboard to set it up.


In any case, there should be a flag (national flag or some other icon) in the menubar, probably between the battery/power indicator and the volume icon. Click on it and select 'English'.



You can set up a keyboard hotkey for this, if you look in


 > System Preferences > Language & Text | Input Sources


on the right of the window you should see 'Input source shortcuts'. There should be a hotkey for


'Select previous input source' and

'Select next input source in the menu'


If the second one is greyed out, click the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' button underneath and set it up as


'option-command-spacebar'.


Now use this hotkey to toggle through to English.

May 13, 2012 6:59 AM in response to userabc123456789

userabc123456789 wrote:


What happens when you type asdfg you see something like ÅÍîîî and when you type the letter 'k' the apple logo comes up!


Those 'odd' characters are what you get when you hold down the Option and Shift keys and type the base characters, e.g. Option-Shift-k gives 


Is it possible that your keyboard is damaged, or those two keys (Option and Shift) are stuck? To test that, try using a different keyboard (when testing, be sure the original is unplugged or turned off).

how do we get back to normal writing and not using unicode?

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