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New feature in MS Word - Escape should close out of header and foo
In Microsoft Word, after you are done with entering information in the header
and footer, the user should be able to hit escape to exit the header and footer mode. This would make MS Word more keyboard friendly. Almost any programmer's goal when creating a program is to make the program usable by not just only the mouse but make it possible to fully control the program with the keyboard alone. |
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This suggestion has piqued my curiosity. The Header and Footer toolbar Close
button has an accelerator key indicated, but I can't figure out any way to shift Word's focus to the toolbar so that the key would work. Does anyone know how to select a specific toolbar? I know it's possible in the Footnote/Endnote pane (and it should work the same way for header/footer), but I can't remember what that is, either. -- 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. "SharkCK" wrote in message news In Microsoft Word, after you are done with entering information in the header and footer, the user should be able to hit escape to exit the header and footer mode. This would make MS Word more keyboard friendly. Almost any programmer's goal when creating a program is to make the program usable by not just only the mouse but make it possible to fully control the program with the keyboard alone. |
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At least on this PC (Word 2003), when the focus is in the header or footer
paragraph, the accelerators Alt+S (for Insert AutoText) and Alt+C (for Close) do operate on the H&F toolbar. Also, after pressing Alt+S, you can use the Tab/Shift+Tab or left/right arrows to move the focus to the other buttons on the toolbar. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: This suggestion has piqued my curiosity. The Header and Footer toolbar Close button has an accelerator key indicated, but I can't figure out any way to shift Word's focus to the toolbar so that the key would work. Does anyone know how to select a specific toolbar? I know it's possible in the Footnote/Endnote pane (and it should work the same way for header/footer), but I can't remember what that is, either. "SharkCK" wrote in message news In Microsoft Word, after you are done with entering information in the header and footer, the user should be able to hit escape to exit the header and footer mode. This would make MS Word more keyboard friendly. Almost any programmer's goal when creating a program is to make the program usable by not just only the mouse but make it possible to fully control the program with the keyboard alone. |
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I suspected as much but didn't try Alt+S. Alt+C doesn't work because Alt+C
defaults to Acrobat Comments on the main menu bar. Another way Adobe makes life difficult! -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... At least on this PC (Word 2003), when the focus is in the header or footer paragraph, the accelerators Alt+S (for Insert AutoText) and Alt+C (for Close) do operate on the H&F toolbar. Also, after pressing Alt+S, you can use the Tab/Shift+Tab or left/right arrows to move the focus to the other buttons on the toolbar. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: This suggestion has piqued my curiosity. The Header and Footer toolbar Close button has an accelerator key indicated, but I can't figure out any way to shift Word's focus to the toolbar so that the key would work. Does anyone know how to select a specific toolbar? I know it's possible in the Footnote/Endnote pane (and it should work the same way for header/footer), but I can't remember what that is, either. "SharkCK" wrote in message news In Microsoft Word, after you are done with entering information in the header and footer, the user should be able to hit escape to exit the header and footer mode. This would make MS Word more keyboard friendly. Almost any programmer's goal when creating a program is to make the program usable by not just only the mouse but make it possible to fully control the program with the keyboard alone. |
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Huh. That is a good idea.
You can probably set up your own keyboard shortcut via Tools | Customize. Look under the View commands, one of them should do the trick. Should be a toggle command, assign a keyboard shortcut to it. On 4/11/05 8:05 AM, "SharkCK" wrote: In Microsoft Word, after you are done with entering information in the header and footer, the user should be able to hit escape to exit the header and footer mode. This would make MS Word more keyboard friendly. Almost any programmer's goal when creating a program is to make the program usable by not just only the mouse but make it possible to fully control the program with the keyboard alone. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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