caps stuck on & all text highlighted when a few letters selected

using word 2002, xp sp2, dell desktop 4600. a strange thing occurred when my
son was typing an essay. he recalls holding down right shift for 8+ seconds,
& box came up about filter keys. after that, the letters typed all capitals
& caps lock light was off. toggled backwards. & when trying to highlight a
few letters or words, all text was selected.

we did a restart & reopened word & the same document. same problems. we did
a cold boot. opened a new document & no further problems. all working
normal. deleted the old document.

the reason i'm writing, is if this happens again, is there a way to get back
to normal-default settings? without cold restart? & how did this happen to
begin with?

any feedback greatly appreciated! told my son not to press &/or hold key or
keys down!!!!

thank you, len kiesling

Jay
Tue Apr 12 21:35:31 CDT 2005

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:33:19 -0400, "Leonard F Kiesling"
<lenny323@optonline-removetoreply-.net> wrote:

>using word 2002, xp sp2, dell desktop 4600. a strange thing occurred when my
>son was typing an essay. he recalls holding down right shift for 8+ seconds,
>& box came up about filter keys. after that, the letters typed all capitals
>& caps lock light was off. toggled backwards. & when trying to highlight a
>few letters or words, all text was selected.
>
>we did a restart & reopened word & the same document. same problems. we did
>a cold boot. opened a new document & no further problems. all working
>normal. deleted the old document.
>
>the reason i'm writing, is if this happens again, is there a way to get back
>to normal-default settings? without cold restart? & how did this happen to
>begin with?
>
>any feedback greatly appreciated! told my son not to press &/or hold key or
>keys down!!!!
>
>thank you, len kiesling
>

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility Options. In
that dialog, FilterKeys is one of the three items. Unchecking any
checked options turns them off. Then click the Settings button and
uncheck the Use Shortcut option to prevent it from ever popping up
again.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Leonard
Wed Apr 13 15:39:58 CDT 2005

thank you! solved!! i changed in all 3 users of xp home edition, sp2. very
clear directions!
thank you, len kiesling

"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:s61p51p13m2vvs06usj9ur79ms4tufrqk0@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:33:19 -0400, "Leonard F Kiesling"
> <lenny323@optonline-removetoreply-.net> wrote:
>
> >using word 2002, xp sp2, dell desktop 4600. a strange thing occurred when
my
> >son was typing an essay. he recalls holding down right shift for 8+
seconds,
> >& box came up about filter keys. after that, the letters typed all
capitals
> >& caps lock light was off. toggled backwards. & when trying to highlight
a
> >few letters or words, all text was selected.
> >
> >we did a restart & reopened word & the same document. same problems. we
did
> >a cold boot. opened a new document & no further problems. all working
> >normal. deleted the old document.
> >
> >the reason i'm writing, is if this happens again, is there a way to get
back
> >to normal-default settings? without cold restart? & how did this happen
to
> >begin with?
> >
> >any feedback greatly appreciated! told my son not to press &/or hold key
or
> >keys down!!!!
> >
> >thank you, len kiesling
> >
>
> Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility Options. In
> that dialog, FilterKeys is one of the three items. Unchecking any
> checked options turns them off. Then click the Settings button and
> uncheck the Use Shortcut option to prevent it from ever popping up
> again.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org