ryland@mfci.UUCP (Chris Ryland) (05/11/89)
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? --Chris Ryland ryland@multiflow.com, ...!uunet!mfci!ryland
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (05/12/89)
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
thkehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (05/12/89)
In article <96782@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP I wrote, regarding getting in and out of print preview: <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. Sorry if I confused anyone. I had a Quickey to get in and out of the old page preview, though I always used 5 on the keypad (which I did not program) to get out. >Shirley Kehr
herrera@polya.Stanford.EDU (Charles S. Herrera) (05/14/89)
To cancel out of any dialog box in Word use Command - period. Microsoft has been very good at providing keyboard shortcuts for those who don't like to reach for the mouse. Charles.
peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) (05/15/89)
> 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 I've always used the ESC key to get out of print preview. And it still works in 4.0. In fact, as far as I can tell, all windows can be canceled with the ESC key, including printing. -- Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121 UUCP: {uunet|watmath|utai|garfield}!dalcs!aucs!Peter BITNET: Peter@Acadia Internet: Peter%Acadia.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU