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From: Joseph S. Mertz
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 02:43

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discover@halcyon.com (Mike W. Perry) writes:
> Though I'm far from an expert on all Word's bizarre command key sequencies,
> I think what they mean by "in combination with" is not sequential i.e.
> escape plus something but at the same time i.e.
> command/control/option/shift combinations with letters and numbers.

Thanks for the response.

That would be a possible reading of the help file, but "Escape" is a
key itself, not a key modifier like command, control, option, or
shift.  One can hit any of the modifiers alone and nothing happens.
That is not true with "Escape".  When you try to hit "Escape" with any
other key in combination, the dialog box is cancelled before your
finger can get to the key.  

--Joe Mertz

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From: "Joseph S. Mertz" <jm7l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: MS word ESC key mapping
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