Acer Keyboard Problems

[paddy1901]

I have an Acer keyboard bought in Canada. When I press the apostrophe key I get an e with accent acute. When I press the question mark key I get the Large Capital E with an accent acute like the one next to the right shift key. Is there anything I can do about this

[balliali]

Google how to change your keyboard to UK English...

[Buenchico]

^^^The problem, Balliali, would appear to be that Paddy's computer already thinks that he's got a UK keyboard, when he's actually got a Canadian one. So what is required is to tell his computer to recognise a Canadian keyboard, not a UK one:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-keyboard-layouts-for-different-languages-e983a2fb-d314-4113-8337-f0fdb9dddfee

However it would still be far better to use a British keyboard. They start from around £6 (for a wired, Polaroid model, from Asda) but such ultra-cheap keyboards can be very 'clunky'. A Logitech K120, for £9.99 from PC World, would be far better.

(Answer typed on a Logitech K120, BTW!).

[venator]

Yes - as Buenchico, says, don't waste your time - spend a fiver on an UK keyboard. Put the canadian one on eBay, some loony may buy it....

[paddy1901]

Thanks for your suggestions. I did not explain myself properly. I live in Canada! Knowing that, any ideas (question mark)

[Buenchico]

Well we now know that you've bought your keyboard in, and live in, Canada but we still don't know if it's a 'Canadian' keyboard (i.e. one actually manufactured for the Canadian market).

I've made the mistake of buying keyboards from discount shops, only to find a similar problem to the one which you're now experiencing. (i.e. what appears on screen isn't what's actually typed). I've tried checking that the computer's language is set to UK English, and that the keyboard setting is also for UK English, but (because the keyboard has been some sort of 'international' model) it simply hasn't worked for me. I've always ended up buying another keyboard :(

Matters might be even more complicated for you as it's likely that there are both 'French' and 'US English' keyboards sold in Canada, as well as 'proper' (bilingual) 'Canadian' ones.

If your keyboard has this layout you need to tell your computer that you're using a Canadian multilingual keyboard:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdcan.html

This layout is used for French Canadian:
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdca.html

This is a US English keyboard:
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdus.html

and here's a US International one:
https://www.microsoft.com/resources/msdn/goglobal/keyboards/kbdusx.html

Once you've worked out which type of keyboard you've bought, you might at least have some sort of a chance of getting the input and output to match up!
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/258824

[paddy1901]

Thank you balliali, Buenchico and venator. Problem solved.