My problem is that I placed my short-cut icon to Word in the Taskbar. If you
then right click the Word icon in the Taskbar, click PROPERTIES, etc. and
assign the shortcut key, it does not work (even after replacing the NONE with
the shortcut key). But I've just found accidentally that if I then assign a
shortcut key to the desktop and go through the same procedure, it works fine.
If I then delete the Desktop shortcut icon, just leaving the Taskbar icon,
then it does not work. Set up another shortcut to the Desktop, and it does
work. So there is a difference between a shortcut icon placed in the
taskbar, and one placed on the desktop. Some strange logic here!

Thanks,
Robert

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It works fine here.
You cannot select 'None' in the shortcut window. Simply insert the cursor
after 'None' and press your key combination.

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Sagara wrote:
I'm trying to cut down on mouse use, and use key strokes instead. I
used to be able to open Word with a shortcut key selected by
right-clicking the Word icon, selecting PROPERTIES/SHORTCUT KEY and
entering a shortcut key sequence in the SHORTCUT KEY window (e.g.
CNTL+ALT+W). But this option no longer works, despite my entering
the correct address in the TARGET window (C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE), and entering "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11" in the START IN window. This has
always worked in all the pre-2003 version of Word/Office.
Thanks,
Robert