My iBook does not recognize the question mark (and others). Help!

Sounds like you're using the wrong keyboard layout (French/French Canadian maybe?). Go into -> System Preferences -> International. I don't have a Mac in front of me right now, but you can change your keyboard layout to US in there, which is what it probably should be.

 

Easy fix is to re install the Operating system with the install discs. Did the iBook come with original install discs?

 

Okay, I'm back on OS X now. This is what you're looking for. Also note that you must deselect all other listed keyboard layouts.

Why reinstall if you don't have to?

 

OH! Thank you

I had the same problem today so I did what you said and it seems to be working fine. Except, US was marked but dimmed and I had to click on US Extended for both "US" to show the mark. ???

 

US was dimmed because you must always have at least one keyboard layout active, so when no others are enabled you can't deselect the one currently in use.

 

Flag at top of screen

Thanks for the discussion. My dad had the same problem on his ibook g3 with ? = É, / = é and ' = è. We could not find the "international" under system preferences but simply clicked on the Canadian flag on the top bar of the screen and selected the US flag instead (I know Canada is a better country, but for mac the US flag works better with the keyboard). :0 jokes - I'm Canadian, sorry. The problem is the Canadian keyboard is FRENCH Canadian, hence the different "e's."