Word most decidedly not Perfect

July 12, 2006 3:18 PM

I have to use WordPerfect at work, and an awful thing started happening today out of nowhere-- whenver I type a comma, WordPerfect types a comma period-- so it looks like this ",." instead of just ","....how do I fix this permanently??? I have no idea what caused it to start happening. It's driving me insane.
posted by Harvey Birdman to computers & internet (11 comments total)

Are you sure it's WordPerfect? It sounds to me as the two adjacent period and comma keys are stuck together. Does this happen in other applications?
posted by TheRaven at 3:27 PM on July 12, 2006

Does this happen in other applications?

It's clearly not happening in his web browser.
posted by Robot Johnny at 4:07 PM on July 12, 2006

I don't really know WordPerfect, but could it be similar to Microsoft Word and the AutoCorrect function has an error? The AutoCorrect function is under the tools menu.
posted by blackkar at 4:12 PM on July 12, 2006

Robot Johnny: I see no mention of Harvey's backspace key being broken.

Harvey: I don't use WordPerfect, so I can't help much - but others may be able ot help you better if you include the version of WordPerfect (click the "help" menu, then click "about" if you don't know the version).

TheRaven's advice about checking to see if this happens in other applications is sound, and will tell you if the problem is with WordPerfect or not.

Also, when dealing with a somewhat esoteric issue like this, it may not be a bad idea to email the Word Perfect technical support group.
posted by terpia at 4:19 PM on July 12, 2006

I don't really know WordPerfect, but could it be similar to Microsoft Word and the AutoCorrect function has an error?

It's QuickCorrect in WP, but that does seem like the most likely culprit.
posted by amro at 4:22 PM on July 12, 2006

Also having never used Word Perfect but OpenOffice Writer has an AutoComplete thing that always messes up my typing when I'm not paying attention and haven't turned it off. Might also be something like this.
posted by chrisroberts at 4:29 PM on July 12, 2006

Robot Johnny: I see no mention of Harvey's backspace key being broken.

True, but then the question would've been "what's wrong with my keyboard?"
posted by Robot Johnny at 5:32 PM on July 12, 2006

What version of WordPerfect? It goes back a long time.
posted by Hogshead at 6:00 PM on July 12, 2006

Is WPerfect set to show paragraph marks, and may be showing spaces as dots that look like periods? (In Word, it's called Show/Hide.) Do they show on printing?
posted by theora55 at 8:34 PM on July 12, 2006

Are your keyboard keys stuck together?
posted by roboto at 3:12 AM on July 13, 2006

It is definitely quick correct. Do this:

1. Click Tools on the Menu bar in WordPerfect
2. Choose Quick Correct
3. Scroll through the list and see if in the replace field you see , and in the with field you see ,.
4. If you do, just delete the entry.
posted by bleucube at 6:48 AM on July 13, 2006