Windows displays the Change Key Sequence dialog box. The Between Input Languages option should already be selected, so just click the Change Key Sequence button.The Advanced Key Settings tab of the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box. Make sure the Advanced Key Settings tab is displayed.
Windows displays the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box. Windows displays the Advanced Keyboard Settings window. Scroll down to the bottom of the window and click Advanced Keyboard Settings.Windows opens the Settings window with the Typing section displayed. Type "Typing Settings" (without quotes) in the search box to the right of the Start button.(Like I said, this is a Windows issue, not an Excel issue.) If you are using Windows 10, follow these steps: Fortunately, there is a way to change it.įirst, get out of Excel. That being said, it can be frustrating to have languages change as you are typing away, just because you inadvertently hit the shortcut key. The shortcut key that changes the keyboard language is controlled by Windows, not by Excel. Eric wonders if there is a way to disable the Shift+Ctrl language switch. With using the Ctrl key for macro shortcuts, the Shift+Ctrl language switch happens all the time. He traced the problem to unintentionally pressing Shift+Ctrl, which switches the language. Eric prefers to use the keyboard for most of his work in Excel but has found that the keyboard language seems to randomly switch to French causing the wrong characters to appear.