[Island Girl]

As unbelievable as it might sound, my F4 (Repeat action) shortcut has
started acting strange. When I type, for example, a name that I want to
repeat and press F4, it leaves off the very first letter of the name. Ralph
would be alph. I've used this shortcut for years and this problem has only
started happening recently. I'm baffled. What could possibly have caused
this unwelcome change?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you select a word and type text to replace it, Word regards this as two
actions. The first letter you type overwrites the existing text and is
counted as a single typing action; then the rest of the word is counted as
the second typing action. If you look at the Undo list, you'll see this
clearly. Unfortunately, F4 repeats only the most recent action, which
doesn't include the first letter.

If you're typing the name from scratch in an empty area of the document (not
overwriting existing text), then I'm at a loss to explain this behavior.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...

As unbelievable as it might sound, my F4 (Repeat action) shortcut has
started acting strange. When I type, for example, a name that I want to
repeat and press F4, it leaves off the very first letter of the name.
Ralph
would be alph. I've used this shortcut for years and this problem has
only
started happening recently. I'm baffled. What could possibly have caused
this unwelcome change?

[CyberTaz]

Not sure it will make a difference, but try Control+Y instead of F4. Let us
know either way.

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

[Island Girl]

Hi, Suzanne:

I can't remember at this moment if each instance in which it cut off the
first letter was during the act of replacing text, but it must have been
because I just tried it in a table and the problem did not occur.

How in the world did you get so smart, Suzanne?! I'm awfully glad you did!

Thanks so much for all you do.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select a word and type text to replace it, Word regards this as two
actions. The first letter you type overwrites the existing text and is
counted as a single typing action; then the rest of the word is counted as
the second typing action. If you look at the Undo list, you'll see this
clearly. Unfortunately, F4 repeats only the most recent action, which
doesn't include the first letter.

If you're typing the name from scratch in an empty area of the document (not
overwriting existing text), then I'm at a loss to explain this behavior.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...

As unbelievable as it might sound, my F4 (Repeat action) shortcut has
started acting strange. When I type, for example, a name that I want to
repeat and press F4, it leaves off the very first letter of the name.
Ralph
would be alph. I've used this shortcut for years and this problem has
only
started happening recently. I'm baffled. What could possibly have caused
this unwelcome change?

[Island Girl]

Hi, Taz:

It seems that it could have happened while replacing text, although I didn't
think of that at the time I wrote the email. It worked fine when I tried it
in a table.

Thanks a million for your input, Taz!


"CyberTaz" wrote:

Not sure it will make a difference, but try Control+Y instead of F4. Let us
know either way.

HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thank you for your kind words. In this case I got so smart by noticing the
same annoying effect and deducing (from looking at the Undo list) what was
going on. g

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
Hi, Suzanne:

I can't remember at this moment if each instance in which it cut off the
first letter was during the act of replacing text, but it must have been
because I just tried it in a table and the problem did not occur.

How in the world did you get so smart, Suzanne?! I'm awfully glad you
did!

Thanks so much for all you do.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

When you select a word and type text to replace it, Word regards this as
two
actions. The first letter you type overwrites the existing text and is
counted as a single typing action; then the rest of the word is counted
as
the second typing action. If you look at the Undo list, you'll see this
clearly. Unfortunately, F4 repeats only the most recent action, which
doesn't include the first letter.

If you're typing the name from scratch in an empty area of the document
(not
overwriting existing text), then I'm at a loss to explain this behavior.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...

As unbelievable as it might sound, my F4 (Repeat action) shortcut has
started acting strange. When I type, for example, a name that I want
to
repeat and press F4, it leaves off the very first letter of the name.
Ralph
would be alph. I've used this shortcut for years and this problem has
only
started happening recently. I'm baffled. What could possibly have
caused
this unwelcome change?