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Why cannot I find the Symbol dialog box in the Insert menu?
I'm a new Word user. I tried the combination of keys: Alt+Ctrl+- to see what
happened. Then I tried to use the Symbol dialog box in the Insert menu. Somehow it's gone!!! I cannot find it anymore although I tried to restart Word, even my computer!!! |
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You magically found the kill command switch!
See http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm for more about this key combination which will remove any command from any menu. Tools Customize Pick Insert in the left window (under the commands tab) and the Symbol in the right window. Drag that command to your Insert menu and put it where you want it. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "HD" wrote in message news I'm a new Word user. I tried the combination of keys: Alt+Ctrl+- to see what happened. Then I tried to use the Symbol dialog box in the Insert menu. Somehow it's gone!!! I cannot find it anymore although I tried to restart Word, even my computer!!! |
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Charles has told you how to restore the command; I will tell you how you
most likely lost it: 1. You wanted to insert an em dash. The keyboard shortcut for that is Alt+Ctrl+Num- (that is, the minus key on the numeric keypad). 2. Instead, you pressed Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen, which is the shortcut for ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenuShortcut. 3. You didn't notice that the mouse pointer had changed to a big minus sign, but you didn't get an em dash and thought nothing had happened. 4. So you thought you'd insert the em dash from the Symbol dialog and clicked on Symbol on the Insert menu. 5. What you didn't realize is that the function of ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenuShortcut is to remove any menu item you click on. This is handy for removing unneeded files from the Work menu or deleted files from the MRU list at the bottom of the file menu (or any other unwanted menu item) but disastrous if you're trying to actually *use* a menu command. If this ever happens to you again, be aware that you can dismiss the command with ESC. -- 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. "HD" wrote in message news I'm a new Word user. I tried the combination of keys: Alt+Ctrl+- to see what happened. Then I tried to use the Symbol dialog box in the Insert menu. Somehow it's gone!!! I cannot find it anymore although I tried to restart Word, even my computer!!! |
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