My keyboard has switched the command on the H key to ˙

Please help!!!

That 'dot' you're getting from the 'h' key is the character that results when you touch the Alt/Option key and the 'h' key together*.
This is an example of the Keyboard character viewer when Alt/Option is pressed.
http://mac.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/keyboardViewer-Screenshot-90976.html
(The characters in the screen capture displayed above are country-and-language-specific, and may not match your keyboard character map exactly.)
Perhaps the Alt/Option key is stuck?
Another possibility is that your battery has swelled, causing the keyboard/trackpad to generate stray movements and characters. If your MacBook has a user-removeable battery and it seems swollen, you can power the system off, remove the battery, and power back on using the Magsafe power adapter only, to see if 'normal' keyboard behavior returns.
*You can view all the available key combinations , System Preferences, Hardware, Keyboard, and enabling the Keyboard Viewer.
Message was edited by: kostby

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