Turn of Special characters

Hi guys I'm a new here, and new to the whole MAC OSX.
As I just bought my MBP about a moth ago.
I just wanted to know how to turn off "Special characters"
as I accidentally turned them on from Edit.
Thanks

rockandrolla wrote:
Sorry I meant that I turned it on the taskbar Edit->Special characters, now there is a US flag on the left corner of the taskbar, in b/w volume and battery options
You mean the right corner (I hope)?
In System Preferences->International; in the Input Menu, uncheck "Show input menu in menu bar" at the bottom of the pane, and it will go away.

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