Inverted question mark only on Microsoft Office applications

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Published on 2009-08-26T22:14:28Z Indexed on 2012/06/28 9:18 UTC
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My dad has a notebook and the key which has the "/?°" symbols acts like ctrl. Known factory problem. Anyway, his keyboard also has a "?" marked under the "w" key.

Pressing ctrl + alt + w will display the "?" character (question, interrogation mark).

Except on Office applications, like Word and Outlook, which will output "¿".

I've searched Word and Outlook menus looking for a parameter that could be, somehow, remapping the notebooks keyboards, applying different regional configurations, language, or encodings. Since it only happens on Office apps, I believe the solution is within its options, but I was unable to find it where.

Pressing ctrl + alt gr + w will display ? correctly, but I am stumped by this problem. I could remap the keys and make "/?° behave correctly, but my curiosity now is eating me alive. Why only on Office?

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