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keyboard shortcut for skipping words
With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000
professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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The key combinations of Ctrl + left arrow or right arrow still work fine in
Word 2003 running on Windows XP. Do you have sticky keys enabled? (I suspect you would notice if you did.) Try loading Word using Start Run "winword.exe /a" (note the space before the /a) Does it work then? If so your problem is a customization or an Add-In. If not, your problem is likely in Windows. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "HSample" wrote in message ... With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000 professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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Don't have sticky keys on and I can't reload word since this is a company
computer and they would look askance at me doing that. (Don't have the disc anyway.) I checked the keyboard settings (it's the same keyboard I used before, a microsoft model) and every other setting, option and customization feature I could think of. Still, it doesn't work, and that's a pain because my fingers are trained to use that keyboard combination to get around documents. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: The key combinations of Ctrl + left arrow or right arrow still work fine in Word 2003 running on Windows XP. Do you have sticky keys enabled? (I suspect you would notice if you did.) Try loading Word using Start Run "winword.exe /a" (note the space before the /a) Does it work then? If so your problem is a customization or an Add-In. If not, your problem is likely in Windows. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "HSample" wrote in message ... With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000 professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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BTW, my new computer is using word 2000, not word 2003.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: The key combinations of Ctrl + left arrow or right arrow still work fine in Word 2003 running on Windows XP. Do you have sticky keys enabled? (I suspect you would notice if you did.) Try loading Word using Start Run "winword.exe /a" (note the space before the /a) Does it work then? If so your problem is a customization or an Add-In. If not, your problem is likely in Windows. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "HSample" wrote in message ... With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000 professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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I figured out what you meant about loading word from the startrun process.
That didn't work either. I still can't use that keyboard combination. Very weird. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: The key combinations of Ctrl + left arrow or right arrow still work fine in Word 2003 running on Windows XP. Do you have sticky keys enabled? (I suspect you would notice if you did.) Try loading Word using Start Run "winword.exe /a" (note the space before the /a) Does it work then? If so your problem is a customization or an Add-In. If not, your problem is likely in Windows. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "HSample" wrote in message ... With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000 professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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keyboard shortcut for skipping words
Open the Tools Customize dialog and click the Keyboard button at the
bottom. Select "All Commands" in the Categories list and "Word Left" in the Commands list. You should see Ctrl+Left in the Current Keys box. If it isn't there, put the cursor in the "Press new shortcut key" box and press the Ctrl+Left arrow combination, then click the Assign button. Repeat for the "Word Right" command and the Ctrl+Right shortcut. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:44:27 -0800, HSample wrote: I figured out what you meant about loading word from the startrun process. That didn't work either. I still can't use that keyboard combination. Very weird. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: The key combinations of Ctrl + left arrow or right arrow still work fine in Word 2003 running on Windows XP. Do you have sticky keys enabled? (I suspect you would notice if you did.) Try loading Word using Start Run "winword.exe /a" (note the space before the /a) Does it work then? If so your problem is a customization or an Add-In. If not, your problem is likely in Windows. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "HSample" wrote in message ... With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000 professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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Thank you all for your help. I finally figured out what was wrong. A program
that goes with my digital recorder, which allows me to use keys while transcribing, had essentially taken over that key combination (cntrl + left or right arrow) for its own use, and would not allow Word to use it. I fixed that! Thanks again! "Jay Freedman" wrote: Open the Tools Customize dialog and click the Keyboard button at the bottom. Select "All Commands" in the Categories list and "Word Left" in the Commands list. You should see Ctrl+Left in the Current Keys box. If it isn't there, put the cursor in the "Press new shortcut key" box and press the Ctrl+Left arrow combination, then click the Assign button. Repeat for the "Word Right" command and the Ctrl+Right shortcut. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:44:27 -0800, HSample wrote: I figured out what you meant about loading word from the startrun process. That didn't work either. I still can't use that keyboard combination. Very weird. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: The key combinations of Ctrl + left arrow or right arrow still work fine in Word 2003 running on Windows XP. Do you have sticky keys enabled? (I suspect you would notice if you did.) Try loading Word using Start Run "winword.exe /a" (note the space before the /a) Does it work then? If so your problem is a customization or an Add-In. If not, your problem is likely in Windows. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "HSample" wrote in message ... With a previous incarnation of Word on a computer running Windows 2000 professional, I was able to skip from word to word in a sentence using the combination of control + either the left or the right arrow key. I just got a new computer running XP, and it does not seem to allow that combination of keys. Anyone know a fix? |
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