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Discussions about the Canada keyboard layout on WindowsForum.com focus on unexpected character output when switching between keyboard settings. Users report that selecting the English (Canada) keyboard changes the behavior of keys like the forward slash, producing backslashes or accented characters instead of the expected symbol. These issues often arise when toggling between US, Canada, and Canada Multilingual layouts, leading to confusion with punctuation and French characters. Troubleshooting typically involves checking the active keyboard layout in Windows settings and ensuring the correct regional keyboard is selected for the user's hardware.
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    Windows 8 Keyboard acting kind of weird

    Suddenly and quite without warning, my forward slash is doing the following - make sure you're standing up before you see the following holding down the Shift button - forward slash = \ Now my keyboard is set to "English (United States) keyboard" - If I set it to "English (Canada) keyboard" I...
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