Keyboard shortcuts involving the letter Z don't work

I have Final Cut Express 4.0, and am using the book "Final Cut Express 4" from the Apple Pro Training Series to learn how to use it. Most of the keyboard shortcuts given in this book seem to work fine, but any involving the letter Z (as in "z" to select the Zoom In tool, "shift-Z" to make a sequence fit the Timeline window, etc.), nothing happens. My Z key works fine normally. Does anyone know what's wrong? I have noticed that my Mac's keyboard shortcuts in general have acted a little erratically lately.

Mine works fine. You might like to trash the preferences exactly like this:-
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
Note that any special settings (Easy Setup etc.) will revert to the factory defaults.

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