# Text comes out in capitals- without Caps Lock- keyboard?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-comes-out-in-capitals-without-caps-lock-keyboard/460776>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-comes-out-in-capitals-without-caps-lock-keyboard/460776 "2008-08-21T09:14:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-comes-out-in-capitals-without-caps-lock-keyboard/460776/21 "2013-01-24T02:32:42Z")

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Ummm- this thread is almost 5 years old.

Heavens, I didn’t even realise I started it. lets just say that keyboard is no longer in the land of the living.

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-comes-out-in-capitals-without-caps-lock-keyboard/460776/22 "2013-01-24T02:51:40Z")

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> [@Cicero](#):
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> Ummm- this thread is almost 5 years old.
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> Heavens, I didn’t even realise I started it. lets just say that keyboard is no longer in the land of the living.

So did replacing the keyboard fix the problem?

We’ve been waiting for you to report back.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-comes-out-in-capitals-without-caps-lock-keyboard/460776/23 "2013-01-24T03:01:13Z")

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I gave up typing instead and that fixed the problem.

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