Outlook 2007: No copy and paste with CTRL+INS

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Achim Becker

Hi!

As a left handed user I always use CTRL+INS and SHIFT+INS for copy and
paste.

MS seems to have deactivated this shortcut in Outlook 2007 (which is
very annoying if you are left handed).

Is there a way to enable this shortcut again?

Regards,
Achim
 
Am 08.04.2009 11:36, schrieb Christian Goeller:
Achim Becker, you wrote on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:21:07 +0200:


What does "INS" mean? The shortcuts are CTRL+C (copy) and CTRL+V
(paste). Or I do not understand?
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Sorry, INS = INSERT

For left handed users it can be cumbersome to use CTRL+C and CTRL+V as
you need to use the left hand which usually is the "mouse-hand"
 
I'm a lefty but I can't get into mousing with the left hand plus keyboarding
is much faster - it's a good thing as my laptop only has ctrl on the left
side. :) You can right click (I guess it would be left click on a lefty
mouse) and choose copy and paste.

Anyway... do you have outlook in the office suite or standalone? Those
shortcuts work here but some features require the office suite - if you have
only outlook that could be why it doesn't work.

You can go to the office icon of an opened message and click on Editor
options at the bottom - Advanced - about halfway down the list of options is
use insert for paste. To the best of my knowledge, this allows you to use
just ins for paste, not shift+ins - it doesn't affect the use of ctrl+ins or
shift+ins.

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Am 08.04.2009 14:42, schrieb Diane Poremsky [MVP]:
I'm a lefty but I can't get into mousing with the left hand plus
keyboarding is much faster - it's a good thing as my laptop only has
ctrl on the left side. :) You can right click (I guess it would be left
click on a lefty mouse) and choose copy and paste.
Click to expand...

I know but using the keyboard is much faster...
Anyway... do you have outlook in the office suite or standalone? Those
shortcuts work here but some features require the office suite - if you
have only outlook that could be why it doesn't work.
Click to expand...

No, I'm using the complete office suite.
You can go to the office icon of an opened message and click on Editor
options at the bottom - Advanced - about halfway down the list of
options is use insert for paste. To the best of my knowledge, this
allows you to use just ins for paste, not shift+ins - it doesn't affect
the use of ctrl+ins or shift+ins.
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No, this really does the trick!

Diane - you're the (wo)man! :-D
 
Am 08.04.2009 16:01, schrieb Achim Becker:
No, this really does the trick!
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I just noticed, it only works if the message is open, it does not work
to copy something from the preview :-( Damned!
 
I know but using the keyboard is much faster...

so ctrl+c should be fast. :) (unless you are a one handed typist, with the
other always on the mouse)
I just noticed, it only works if the message is open, it does not work to
copy something from the preview :-( Damned!
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I noticed that too - I don't normally use the insert commands so I wasn't
sure if it was me or the command. Preview is one area I almost always use
the mouse to select and r-click copy.

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Dnia Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:21:07 +0200, Achim Becker napisa³(a):
Hi!

As a left handed user I always use CTRL+INS and SHIFT+INS for copy and
paste.

MS seems to have deactivated this shortcut in Outlook 2007 (which is
very annoying if you are left handed).

Is there a way to enable this shortcut again?
Click to expand...

I have no problem with those shortcuts in Outlook 2007 SP1.

Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate + Vista Ultimate + Microsoft Natural
Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.
 
Am 08.04.2009 20:53, schrieb Michal Kawecki:
Dnia Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:21:07 +0200, Achim Becker napisa³(a):


I have no problem with those shortcuts in Outlook 2007 SP1.

Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate + Vista Ultimate + Microsoft Natural
Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.
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Even copying from the preview window with CTRL+INSERT?
 
I have with service pack 1 and Ctrl+Insert does not work for me in the
reading pane either. It is even documented not to work in the help.
Copy. CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT

Note CTRL+INSERT is not available in the Reading Pane.
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This is ridiculous. Why disable a shortcut key that has worked for nearly 20
years in the context where you are most likely to use it to grab a few words
out of an email?
 
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