Windows 7 Quotation mark key not working properly

[Nevan]

I just bought a brand new Dell Insprion 15R special edition, and I've noticed that the quotation mark key isn't working properly. This is going to be a problem for someone like me who writes fiction in his spare time...

Basically what happens is that when I press SHIFT+', the quotation mark doesn't appear right away; I have to type a letter for it to appear. And then when I type the end quote and press the spacebar, a space won't happen. I have to press the spacebar twice.

What's going on? I know it must be some keyboard/language setting, but I can't figure it out. Can anyone help?

 

[Pauli]

If you have bought it in your native country with OS in your native language, it should work. Quotation mark is a basic symbol, it should appear immediately. Like """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" and end quote """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" spaces.

If I were you, I'd take it to the seller. The warranty will take care of it.

 

[duckbard]

I am having the exact same problem with the same type of computer. Does anyone know how to fix this? OP, did you have any luck?

 

[zvit]

Here are some solutions you can try:

1. Solution for developers and sys-admins is quite easy. Change keyboard layout from United States-International to something different. E.g. US. Developer’s problem: Windows 7 – apostrophe does not work

2. http://www.ojnetworks.com.au/2012/0...tation-marks-tilde-hat-key-pressed-windows-7/

3. right click the language bar and unselect "Auto Adjust".

 

[Kevin Koskela]

zvit, thank you SO MUCH. Dell actually went to the trouble of replacing my laptop keyboard and when that didn't work, I looked again and found your solution. Changing the keyboard layout to "US" and unselecting Auto Adjust solved it!

Here are some solutions you can try:

1. Solution for developers and sys-admins is quite easy. Change keyboard layout from United States-International to something different. E.g. US. Developer’s problem: Windows 7 – apostrophe does not work

2. http://www.ojnetworks.com.au/2012/0...tation-marks-tilde-hat-key-pressed-windows-7/

3. right click the language bar and unselect "Auto Adjust".

 

[Mitchell_A]

If you want to prevent the issue from occurring again in the future, you can remove other keyboard layout/language options by accessing the Region and Language options from the start menu/control panel.