Garbage Text Appearing in Address Book

When I try to create a new contact and type in the name any key I press results in "dfgdfgdfgdfgdfgdfg" appearing and I am also unable to edit notes for contacts in address book.
Anyone else have this problem or can suggest how to resolve it?
Regards,
Kerry

I have this same problem; I've created a new user account and the Apple Address Book works fine in that account, so the problem is with my original user settings somewhere. I've deleted the ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder with no effect. I've emptied/deleted all info in the Address Book and synced the data down from .mac with no change. I've reinstalled Leopard and updated all the system software. Also deleted the Address Book application and reinstalled it from Optional Installs on the Leopard Installation DVD.
Is there some way to do a complete deletion of Address Book and all its related preferences so a clean install can be performed?

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