Shift F7 Question

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All of a sudden in Word 2007 some of the shortcut keys don't work, like Shift
F7. Anyone know why? P.S. I have a wireless keyboard if that makes any
difference. Thanks.
 
John Lane said:
All of a sudden in Word 2007 some of the shortcut keys don't work, like
Shift
F7. Anyone know why? P.S. I have a wireless keyboard if that makes any
difference. Thanks.
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You can still call the thesaurus from the ribbon? Maybe you have a laptop
and need to toggle the fn key?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fn_key

If the shortcut really was hosed, you could go to the Office pizza (top
left), Word options... > Customize, then click on the button for the
keyboard shortcuts at the bottom.
Then check out "All commands > ToolsThesaurusRR", and reassign Shift+F7 as
the keyboard shortcut.

Regards,
Klaus
 
Since you mention a wireless keyboard, it's likely not a laptop <g>

BTW, I usually use the context (right-click) menu, since my hand is on the
mouse most of the time.

Klaus
 
Does your keyboard have an F Lock key? If so, check that it is in the
correct state.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
Does your keyboard have an F-lock? Is it on or off?

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Ah! I see you spotted that one ;)

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Gets me all of the time when I try to use Alt+F9 to display field codes and
instead see all of the keyboard shortcuts.

It also got to Steve Ballmer who said that if he could find the guy that
invented the F-Lock (or at least made it necessary to use it to be able to
use the Function keys), he would shoot him.

I guess there is probably somewhere that you can set Windows to start with
the F-Lock on, but I haven't taken the time to look.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
F-LOCK! Thanks guys! That was it! My other keyboard didn't have it. Thanks
again and Merry Christmas!
 
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