I have been trying to help a friend of mine. On her computer, in MS Word
2003, the "Home" key does not work - it does not send the cursor to the
beginning of the line. It does work properly in other applications, just not
in Word. I've tried going into "Tools|Customize|Options|Keyboard" and there's
nothing there to help. I don't know where else to look. It seems like maybe
there is something, somewhere, to toggle it on and off. Help?

Hi, abretones. In Word, click on Tools | Options | General | uncheck the
"Navigation keys for WordPerfect users" box | OK.

"abretones" wrote:

I have been trying to help a friend of mine. On her computer, in MS Word
2003, the "Home" key does not work - it does not send the cursor to the
beginning of the line. It does work properly in other applications, just not
in Word. I've tried going into "Tools|Customize|Options|Keyboard" and there's
nothing there to help. I don't know where else to look. It seems like maybe
there is something, somewhere, to toggle it on and off. Help?

Try Tools Options General
Make sure both options having to do with Word Perfect are unchecked.
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I have been trying to help a friend of mine. On her computer, in MS Word
2003, the "Home" key does not work - it does not send the cursor to the
beginning of the line. It does work properly in other applications, just
not
in Word. I've tried going into "Tools|Customize|Options|Keyboard" and
there's
nothing there to help. I don't know where else to look. It seems like
maybe
there is something, somewhere, to toggle it on and off. Help?

abretones wrote:
I have been trying to help a friend of mine. On her computer, in MS
Word 2003, the "Home" key does not work - it does not send the cursor
to the beginning of the line. It does work properly in other
applications, just not in Word. I've tried going into
"Tools|Customize|Options|Keyboard" and there's nothing there to help.
I don't know where else to look. It seems like maybe there is
something, somewhere, to toggle it on and off. Help?

As a guess, your friend might have the WordPerfect Navigation option turned
on (in the Tools Options General dialog). This is a simulation of the
keys used in WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS; for example, pressing Home and then
the left arrow key takes you to the left end of the line.

Uncheck both options that mention WordPerfect.

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Jay Freedman
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