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XMashedPotatoX
May 17, 2004, 08:41 PM
Ok. Whenever I enter certain characters on my keyboard such as:

' [ ] /

I get French like characters. This is system wide. I recently pulled my powerbook right from the box.

Jason


Steven1621
May 17, 2004, 08:51 PM
what is the language set at? did you inadvertantly change a language option? look around in preference to figure out what might be going on.
Flowbee
May 17, 2004, 08:51 PM
Take a deep breath.

Now, pull down the "Apple" menu in the upper left corner of your screen. Open 'System Preferences.' Click on 'International' and then 'Input Menu.' French keyboard is probably selected. Just select US keyboard and you should be good to go.
Espnetboy3
May 17, 2004, 08:52 PM
i had that to
its in sys pref make sure ur keyboard is set to usa
hsilver
May 17, 2004, 08:54 PM
Where did you buy it? Try going to System Preferences>International and check that the language selected is English. Don't be negative. You did the right thing!
XMashedPotatoX
May 17, 2004, 10:25 PM
Thanks guys, got it fixed. Just don't like seeing the damn American flag there. I think I am going to run pc/mac in tandem. Both OSs frustrate me and please me at the same time...and that one dead pixel is annoying on the NEW pb!

Jason
HexMonkey
May 17, 2004, 10:36 PM
Just don't like seeing the damn American flag there.

You can command-drag the flag off the menu bar to remove it.
nyprospect
May 17, 2004, 11:04 PM
you dont like the color of the flag? lol
bousozoku
May 18, 2004, 12:32 AM
Thanks guys, got it fixed. Just don't like seeing the damn American flag there. I think I am going to run pc/mac in tandem. Both OSs frustrate me and please me at the same time...and that one dead pixel is annoying on the NEW pb!

Jason

I'm guessing that you selected Canadian thinking that it was Canadian English and got French instead. There have been a few posts about that.

You might want to go to the Mac OS X page on Apple's site and send feedback. They might want to split Canadian to English and French, so that people in Canada can proudly show their country's flag no matter their language preference.
aethier
May 18, 2004, 05:05 AM
I'm guessing that you selected Canadian thinking that it was Canadian English and got French instead. There have been a few posts about that.

You might want to go to the Mac OS X page on Apple's site and send feedback. They might want to split Canadian to English and French, so that people in Canada can proudly show their country's flag no matter their language preference.

nah i find it annoying, well if i had it turned on, it would be the american flag, but even if it waas the canadian, i wouldn't want it in my menu bar. plus the canadian flag in os x looks bad

aethier
win_convert
May 18, 2004, 06:40 AM
I am sure that Australian English, being the clearest and best spoken in the world, will serve you quite well if you don't wish to see that particular symbol on your computer. We spell things correctly also.

Have a Colourful favourite day. Honour and respect to your tomato sauce.
Rower_CPU
May 18, 2004, 10:29 AM
Closed due to flamefest.