Playing with my mind

I'm working on the keyboard chapter of the Australian PC for Dummies this morning.

While working on it, I start finding the keyboard doesn't respond to every keystroke which means I'm dropping letters. To say this is really, really frustrating is an understatement.

So I start my keyboard troubleshooting.

1. Do a couple of reboots, same problem

2. Redetect the keyboard. Same problem

3. Change batteries, mutter about cheapo no name batteries. Same Problem.

There must be a hardware problem with the keyboard, which is hardly surprising seeing my track record in smashing the things.

Then I notice my web browser is working fine. So too does Notepad and a new Word document.

In fact everything works but the chapter I'm working on.

So, it's the document. I spend some time messing around and find by turning off and on the track changes, spelling and grammar checkers all comes good.

A lesson there and something for the ITQueries website.