Why does a § (section) appear when I input a £ (pound) in Excel?

[Matt Norman]

A § (section symbol) appears when I try to input a £ (pound symbol) by
pressing Shift 3. This only happens in Excel, and not Word or Powerpoint or
Windows. My regional settings are all set to English UK. If I exit my
workbook and restart Excel the problem is resolved, as if I have enabled a
'feature' by mistake, but I don't know what it is or how to turn it off!

 

[Jim Rech]

This may have no bearing on your case but when weird things happen when I'm
typing away I check my Windows Regional Settings. Specifically (with
Windows XP), Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language
Options. Then Langauge tab, Details.

In the Installed Services section I often find another input language there
(the result of switching to another country's settings to test for
incompatiblities). There are boardkey shortcuts for switching between input
languages (click the Key Settings button to see them) and I often find I had
inadvertantly switched to German or something. Anyway, I always delete the
non-US input language and then I'm good until I switch country settings
again.

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Jim
|A § (section symbol) appears when I try to input a £ (pound symbol) by
| pressing Shift 3. This only happens in Excel, and not Word or Powerpoint
or
| Windows. My regional settings are all set to English UK. If I exit my
| workbook and restart Excel the problem is resolved, as if I have enabled a
| 'feature' by mistake, but I don't know what it is or how to turn it off!