Symbols on Keyboard are typing instead of letters

I sat down to type at my keyboard, and I'm not sure what I hit or did, but the numeric keypad is typing rather than the alphabet. Example; when I type the letter "U," a "4" appears, a "P," a "*" etc. The "num lock" light is not on, and it makes a noise when I to try to type it. I can't figure out how to get back to my alpha-keyboard!

Perhaps your "fn" key is stuck down?
-Doug

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I've got a text that contains a lot of names which should all be set in small caps.
In fact they are, but because capital letters are used for first letters they don't scale.
Short: I would like to be able to look for A, B, C... (in small caps) and replace them with (a, b, c...) in small caps in one go.
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Hi,
Actually, it works only with OpenType fonts and - in this case - can be managed by UI find...change feature.
With other type of font we need a real change of contents (another keyboard hit).
It could be done with this code (activeDocument is a target):
-- works for Open Type as well --
// For Latin Basic (ASCII from 65 to 90)
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// if Capitalization.SMALL_CAPS is applied to
app.findGrepPreferences = app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\u";
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var
mSTART = 65, // ASCII number for "A"
Mstart = 97, // ASCII number for "a"
mDiff = 0,
mTarget = app.activeDocument,
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len = mFound.length, cString;
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cString = mFound[len].contents;
mDiff = cString.charCodeAt(0) - mSTART;
if (mDiff > -1 && mDiff < 26)
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app.findGrepPreferences = app.findGrepPreferences = null;
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I have a problem with the keyboard on my MacBook. The letters are typing as symbols and the delete and return/enter buttons do not work. Does anybody know how to fix this?

I have a problem with the keyboard on my MacBook. The letters are typing as symbols and the delete and return/enter buttons do not work. Does anybody know how to fix this?

Hey skyshade13,
Thanks for the question. The following article outlines how to restore a previous iTunes library should there be no content after updating. While the article does not speak specifically to your symptoms, attempting the steps by utilizing the "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder may resolve your issue.
No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
For further information see the following information:
OS X Lion: iTunes opens to "created by a newer version" alert
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3918
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Thanks,
Matt M.

Macbook Pro's keyboard is typing random letters/symbols- can't figure out- HELP!

OK, so everything was just fine, worked wonderfully, then I found my little chihuahua puppy walking on the keyboard, she is very tiny, so not heavy at all, & I caught it pretty quick... I DID see she may have had a little bit of wetness on the bottom of a paw, as there was a bit here or there, but it really wasn't much at all, and I was able to soak it all right up with a tissue, it really wasn't enough water, or in a bad enough spot, for me to worry at all about any damage being done- however- while trying to enter text in text edit, I realized that all the keys on my keyboard were either not responding at all, or typing completely random letters/symbols instead of the intended characters- for example, every time I'd type/press one single letter on the keyboard, one time, instead of that letter, it would type TWO completely different letters, like 'ht' , at the same time- so every "d" would produce "ht" over and over... sometimes it looks like hebrew or russian letters, I don't even know! So I'm pretty darn sure my puppy must have typed some crazy key combo that did, well, who knows what- I've tried looking this up here on these forums, for a couple days now, and thought that I maybe figured it out a couple of times, but nope- no luck. It isn't my language setting, my option key isn't stuck, I'm lost! I saw a couple people who seemed to know what they were talking about, who were trying to help others with similar problems, and they asked the person to enter "asdfg" into text edit, and to post what that produced instead of the "asdfg" so.... I planned on doing that very thing right now, but there seems to have been a new development- as now, when I go into text edit, none of my keys work/respond when hit- except for a few, the following keys in lower case ";" " ' " "/" "[" "]"
"\" "=" & "-" THEN, when I hit the following keys, here's what they type:
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v= frv4
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Then sometimes, when I hit the 1 or 2 key, the letter "z" starts to type constantly filling up the whole text edit box, like, "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... & so on"
If anyone has any idea what is really going on here, PLEASE help me out- I love & need this laptop for work, school, etc. and right now, I am no where near an apple store, don't even have good phone reception up here- (on a mountain!) so I'm really hoping that someone can help me figure this out once and for all! THANK YOU for reading this lengthy post, & thanks in advance to anyone who tries to solve this mystery!

I should point out I was having a very similar issue with no known liquid coming in contact with the machine. The keys that were affected were close together: my e, d, and c keys would consistantly type weird combinations of characters, some of them very out there, stuff like ¥©þ®. An external keyboard would work fine.
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