Keyboard / Mouse not working correctly all of a sudden

I spilt a little of my drink on my keyboard, but I dried it up with a towel immediately and it seemed fine. I probably was pressing multiple buttons while I was drying it off though. After I got done, the keyboard and mouse are not working right. I can only type my password into the OSX logon screen, then I can't type anything anywhere. When I left click with my mouse, it opens a dialog box instead of clicking (unless I'm clicking on a menu).
What should I do to get it working right again?
Thanks

Also, when I open Word and could type in it one time, it just showed boxes even though I was using times new roman.

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