newbie to mac -- ' question!

Use English, because Canadian English uses French characters AFAIK.

 

Are you sure you set it up to Canadian English? Just making sure. I am at work right now, so I cannot check, but don't you have two options for Canadian? For most languages you do, you might just try the other one.
And if this doesn't work... oh well you're Canadian after all right?

Oh and welcome to the community and congrats on your purchase, hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do.

 

I'm confused

Since when is Canadian English different from English, eh? Why not just use English, eh?

 

System Preferences -- International

 

for one it doesn't say "Canadian English" it say's "Canadian - CSA" so I guess it is set up for French Canadian. I just set it to U.S.A and unchecked "show input menu in menu bar" so the little American flag doesn't show, but it'd sure be nice if we could have the little Canadian flag for us English speaking Canadians.

 

You will have to select american under international in system prefrences. As for the flag you will eith have to get rid of it by deselecting "show input menu in menu bar" or you can just keep the american flag there.

 

Since us Canadians started spelling words like neighbor, honor, etc. with a "u" after the "o".

 

i know there is a way to change the keys on a keyboard layout. i read a mac addict article about an april fools prank of switching two of the letters on the keyboard. . . like when you press the 'p' key the input on the screen is 'a' and when you hit the 'a' key the input is 'p' so there is a way to customize your keyboard layout and you could get rid of your crazy question marks. . . i just dont remeber how to do that and dont have the magazine with me (its from a year or so ago) . . . maybe that only works in 10.2 i dont recall. good luck, and welcome to the wonderful world of mac!

 

you said you were letting it charge, what system did you get? iBook or Powerbook? always curious to see what a new convert is using.

as you can see, if you ever get stuck or run into Mac questions, this is a great resource. Mac-folk are always happy to share their knowledge (ESPECIALLY when it means one less windows user!)