Keyboard Is Typing Wrong Characters ONLY In Excel

[JeffK627]

Hi all,

I was typing along normally when suddenly my keyboard started typing the wrong characters. This is happening ONLY in Excel. I'm working with Excel 2010 on a Windows 7 machine.

I may have fat-fingered something at the lower left of the keyboard (CTRL, SHIFT, ALT, Caps Lock and Windows key) and triggered this, but I can't figure out how to get it back to normal. My Regional and Language settings in Control Panel have not been changed, I checked - besides, this is only happening in Excel.

For example, when I type QWERTY it comes out as ',.pyf

Any help? It's driving me crazy!

 

[rollis13]

Give this a try.
With Excel closed go to these folders and if you find files named Personal.xls or Personal.xlsb (beware, they are hidden files) rename them and then restart Excel.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\XLSTART\
C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Excel\XLStart\

 

[cooper645]

Open excel and try the comboCtrl+Shiftor Alt+Shifttry typing after each combo

 

[JeffK627]

CTRL + SHIFT did it - no idea why. Thanks!

 

[cooper645]

CTRL + SHIFT did it - no idea why. Thanks!

Because windows remembers which application is open and active when you change keyboard layout and applies it only to that application. That's just the shortcut keys.

 

[DaveU]

Open excel and try the comboCtrl+Shiftor Alt+Shifttry typing after each combo

I realize this is an old thread, but this happened to me today, and your answer saved the day. ALT + SHIFT is what fixed it for me. Thanks.

 

[EanM]

ALT + SHIFT fixed it for me as well. Apparently there is a difference between the left and right ALT keys, I had to use the left ALT key when fixing it, using the right one did nothing.