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Pound signs and others

(88 Posts)
ninathenana Thu 10-Sept-15 00:12:15

Why do I get a question mark when I type a pound sign ? It's not just me, someone else had trouble on a thread I was reading. It's happening with other symbols and letters with an accent over.

Indinana Thu 10-Sept-15 07:28:40

Yes, me too - I was gettingr question marks yesterday when I tried to use a foreign word with an accented a.

absent Thu 10-Sept-15 07:31:36

Yes, it's suddenly gone bonkers. It now won't print n-dashes (hyphens) and puts ??. Very helpful!

Indinana Thu 10-Sept-15 08:06:33

And it's happening across all my devices.

hildajenniJ Thu 10-Sept-15 08:42:54

I don't seem to be having any trouble. My ?? signs are fine, as are the other symbols. I am using my hudl which has just recently updated itself though. Surprisingly the battery life indicator has started functioning again, I hope it carries on.??

hildajenniJ Thu 10-Sept-15 08:43:49

By the way I only typed one question mark!?

Lona Thu 10-Sept-15 08:45:04

Well my Hudl is turning pound signs into question marks!
????????????= pounds
???????= question marks.

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 10-Sept-15 08:59:34

Oo-er...This is only on Gransnet I take it? hmm
We'll investigate...

Charleygirl Thu 10-Sept-15 09:11:33

No problems here - I have pound signs, here are one or two, ???????? or would you like a question mark?

This is a fairly new Asus 8.1 computer- the only good thing that I have said about it I think.

Charleygirl Thu 10-Sept-15 09:12:09

Oh dear me- the problem is here also.

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 10-Sept-15 09:20:09

pound signs ??????????

question marks ?????

Desktop ok. will try mini ipd.

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 10-Sept-15 09:21:30

????? Question marks

???????????? pound signs

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 10-Sept-15 09:23:52

But the post I did on desktop has appeared wrong on mini iPad. It appeared ok on desktop.

Good luck with this one Tech dept. smile

Katek Thu 10-Sept-15 09:51:54

?????????????%%%
Seems ok from iPhone.

shysal Thu 10-Sept-15 09:51:56

Testing from laptop. ??????

shysal Thu 10-Sept-15 09:52:39

I had put in 3 pound signs.

Katek Thu 10-Sept-15 09:53:11

Ah ha.....no it doesn't!! Was fine in preview and changed when I posted it. Over to the techies!

shysal Thu 10-Sept-15 09:55:49

Testing on Samsung tablet. I will again put in 3 pound signs. ??????

trisher Thu 10-Sept-15 09:57:18

????????-pound signs
?????-question marks
Fine in preview. Problem sorted?

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 10-Sept-15 09:58:20

grin No. Not sorted.

trisher Thu 10-Sept-15 09:59:03

Nooo!!!! It is a gremlin messing with things. Really funny!!!

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 10-Sept-15 10:00:38

I think it may be a problem that only happens on small screen devices. When I type the signs on desktop, they look fine on desktop. But on small screen they have come out wrong.

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 10-Sept-15 10:04:34

trish! shock

Tech is probably in a corner somewhere, rocking.

KatGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 10-Sept-15 10:11:06

Indinana

And it's happening across all my devices.

Tech are currently looking into this

TriciaF Thu 10-Sept-15 10:30:06

? ???????? ?? #
All ok on desktop - I haven't got a small screen.