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)
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)
> System Preferences > Language Text | Input sources
Select English. Deselect 'Unicode Hex Input'
userabc123456789 wrote:
My laptop is writing in uni code
Could you provide details about what you are seeing? For example, when you type asdfg, are you seeing åß∂ƒ©? If so, your machine thinks the Option key is stuck down, and your keyboard may need repair or replacement. If not, what is happening exactly?
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
Tamil99
Simple Telex
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.
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).
Malware was found when I done a softwarecupdate?! Could this be why?
As Don said, your machine thinks the option and shift keys are stuck down. Most likely the keyboard is broken. Try another one.
how do we get back to normal writing and not using unicode?