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I installed Ubuntu under VirtualBox on my Windows 7 machine. All is working okay, except that when I type a hyphen - I get an apostrophe ' instead. This happens on the command line, in the browser, and elsewhere.

Where can I change the keyboard settings to apply the correct character when keys are pressed?

I'm using VirtualBox 4.1.14 and Ubuntu 12.04.

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Could you tell us which type of keyboard do you have and which layout you choose. Note: there are several QWERTY keyboard, try to be more specific if you can. – Huygens May 8 '12 at 20:50

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If you open up the launcher and search for keyboard layout, you get the system dialog which controls what layout you're using. Add your keyboards layout to the list and then set it as the default :)

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That was it. For some weird reason it was set to "Italian". – user237815 May 8 '12 at 22:52

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