Space bar off

When trying to compose a new document I find the space bar is not working properly. Sometimes when I hit the it, it does not go forward but goes back several letters and makes a space there. It is impossible to control. I don't know if this is a good enough explanation but I don't know how to couch it in other terms. Any ideas? Thanks.

As it is striking only in AppleWorks, try to get rid of the preferences files.
For details, look at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121704
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 7 octobre 2009 00:20:26

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There is something really wrong!
Off to apple store equivalent (no Apple store yet in Paris)
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This is harsh:
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Space bar not working all to well

I had somert stuck under my spacebar so I though I'd just click it off and fix it. But when I came to click it back in place, itstoppedworking!!!
Everything in right, and all the plastic pieces are clicked down properly so when pressed, they lay flat, and the two metal bars are in the right place, but unless I press down quite firmly on the center of the space bar, it doesnt work. Which is annoying when your typing loads and having to stop between each word to stab at the thing with yer finger!
Anyone had the same problem?

King Josh wrote:
I went though the youtube vids, but I still had the same problem, but I've inadvertently come across a solution. Under the space bar are two metal bars. I took the one closest to the tracker pad completely out, and now its working like a treat! I didn't have a single time when writing this that it didn't work!
Glad you got it working.
I better keep this metal bar incase is was important and its absence causes my space bar to combust or somert O.o
Thanks for the help tkj
No worries.

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I wake up, unhibernate my laptop and suddenly I can't scroll by hitting the space bar, or clicking on the scroll bar itself, or even use the scroll arrows. In other programs it works fine. What happened and how do I fix this?

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Walloon,
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I have tried poking at the silicone activator with the end of a pen and with the end of a letter opener,
So if you feel that silicone dome go all the way down and bottom out and nothing happens then indeed some water must have gotten in there.
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Here's some pics I took of corrosion on an iBook actuator membrane. The A1048 works exactly the same way:
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This was a beer spill as I remember. So see the part I call the "overlay mask" it's thin plastic over another thin plastic sheet that has those conductive traces painted on it. Liquid instantly wicks between the two sheets and takes forever to dry out.
It is possible to take the entire keyboard apart and repair the damaged trace w/ rear window heater paint but it's a massive pain. Every one of those keys has a tiny silicone dome underneath it and when you take it apart they go flying everywhere. I'm still finding them on the floor of my shop.
It might just dry out and start working after a few days. Otherwise new/ used keyboard.
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