Mac Forum / Applications / Word / November 2005

I was working on a simple list of headings for some project and was almost
done when I must have hit a combination of keys that started to get Word
(MacOffice X) going wild by automatically inserting commas (,,,,,,,,,,,,,)
ad infinitum.  I could delete portions of the perpetual string but it seemed
that I could not save what I had done so far because the running string of
commas was being entered as a filename all by itself and quickly was too
long to be accepted (31characters max).  Somehow I was able to save it as a
text file with name ,,,,,,,,,,,,.txt after which I closed Word.  Whenever I
opened Word again the diabolical string of commas reappeared.  The demon was
even able to intonate rapid sounds after I shut down Word again.  I had no
idea what program created the sounds.  I finally shut down my Powerbook G4
(OSX Tiger 10.4.3).  After a restart all was calm again and peaceful.
A late Halloween trick?  Who has a hint?  And how could I have stopped it
without destroying my work?

PS:  I was able to salvage my work by reformatting the text file.