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Article #42484Re: Word 4.0 doesn't allow use of CONTROL key!
From: Shirley Kehr
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 14:04
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 14:04
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In article <835@m3.mfci.UUCP> ryland@multiflow.com (Chris Ryland) writes: <I bought the Word 4.0 upgrade for only one reason: to let me <rebind things to match my hardwired Emacs finger habits. <Imagine my shock when I found that Word won't let me use the <CONTROL key as a modifier in a keyboard binding! < <There are kludges to get around with with AutoMac or other <macro packages, but they're pretty galumphing. < <This is Really Annoying. Anyone have any tricks up his sleeve? I couldn't believe this at first, since I had just read that you can use the control key. So I jumped out of read news and tried it. I could assign control + a function key but not control plus an alpha key. While we're looking for solutions for our favorite key commands, has anyone figured out how to get out of print preview with a key? You used to be able to toggle out with the same key that put you in that mode. Now, it looks like the only way out is to click Cancel. This seems very unlike Microsoft, to require the mouse. I used to get out with 5 on the keypad. That key has no assignment now. In the case of print preview, you can't even build a macro or a Quickey because you can't do anything else in print preview. I'd call this a slip-up that wasn't intended. Shirley Kehr th
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!rutgers!rochester!rit!cci632!ccicpg!felix!kehr From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Word 4.0 doesn't allow use of CONTROL key! Keywords: Word 4.0 Control losing Message-ID: <96782@felix.UUCP> Date: 12 May 89 14:04:46 GMT References: <835@m3.mfci.UUCP> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 32