HT1338 My special characters screen for pages is running in the background no matter what I do.  It randomly pops up and then goes away.  I can't close it even though I have closed pages and restarted my computer.  How can I stop this.

My special characters screen for pages is running in the background no matter what I do.  It randomly pops up and then goes away.  I can't close it even though I have closed pages and restarted my computer.  How can I stop this.

Try trashing the .plist with CharacterViewer in its name in Home/Library/Preferences.  To get to Home/Library you may need to hold the option key down while you do Finder > Go.

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