thanks i'll tell her to try the shift key combination first On 12 Apr 2010, at 18:44, Jonathan wrote: > I'm guessing this is in Office Word? > > U is certainly the shortcut for underline, and ALT-o is an Office > accesskey. So something might be pressing ALT by mistake? > > The other thing it might be is StickyKeys - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StickyKeys > > Get her to try pressing both SHIFT keys at the same time, then see if > it still does it. > > On 12 April 2010 18:39, william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> hi all, >> >> >> I just had a call off my sister who is running a windows vista hoe premium >> laptop. when she types fast and types words, like >> you >> could >> should >> any words with the letters O, and U in them, the U character is making any >> words afterwards underlined. has she activated anything by mistake? >> I have never heard of this error before > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > william lomas follow me on twitter: billbow_baggins ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq