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Inaccuracies in Word's Help
In topic "Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word" under "Use the Open and
Save As dialog boxes" list, are mentioned a lot of shortcuts that they don't apply to the last version of Office (all the combinations with the Alt key). Furthermore, the descriptions of those shortcuts have references to some buttons that don't even exist in those dialog boxes! Obviously, there are there from another version of Office and they (in Microsoft) didn't go to the trouble to remove them (it's really too much to ask for a new Help system from scratch) -- Please remove hyphens to contact me ----- --- -- -- - geotso ----- --- -- -- - |
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You didn't mention the version of Word you're using, but it sounds like Word 2007. When you use F1 at the bottom of the dialog box set the search to only search the help files on the PC that came with Office 2007 and search on 'Keyboard shortcuts' If you search Office online as well with the same search what results do you get? If you search through http://office.microsoft.com/help for Word 2007 keyboard shortcuts? and have you set the list of apps to search on there? The Open and Save As dialogs are still in Word 2007 and can be accessed through Office Files Button=Open or through their Word 2003 shortcuts. Alt, F, O or Alt, F, S the same shortcuts as in prior Word versions, Ctrl+O and Ctrl+S still work as well. To get to the former Tools=Options location, now under Office File Button=Word Options you can use either Alt, T, O (old shortcut) or Alt, F, I (new shortcut) You'll find several flavors of 'was/is' guides for commands, menus and shortcuts that have changed in Word 2007 from the prior version here http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx FWIW, while Help is still not without flaws the search engine included with Office 2007 that is used with the local help files is new ================= "geotso" wrote in message ... In topic "Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word" under "Use the Open and Save As dialog boxes" list, are mentioned a lot of shortcuts that they don't apply to the last version of Office (all the combinations with the Alt key). Furthermore, the descriptions of those shortcuts have references to some buttons that don't even exist in those dialog boxes! Obviously, there are there from another version of Office and they (in Microsoft) didn't go to the trouble to remove them (it's really too much to ask for a new Help system from scratch) -- Please remove hyphens to contact me ----- --- -- -- - geotso -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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The Open and Save As dialogs are still in Word 2007 and can be accessed through
Office Files Button=Open or through their Word 2003 shortcuts. Alt, F, O or Alt, F, S the same shortcuts as in prior Word versions, Ctrl+O and Ctrl+S still work as well. No. I didn't mean the Open and Save as dialog boxes themselves. I mean an article in Word's help, that is absolute wrong. You can see it he http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...CH100965071033 You'll see the shortcuts I mentioned in my first post under "Use the Open and Save as dialog boxes" topic. |
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Which keyboard shortcuts aren't working for you in the Open dialog box?
Nothing strange seems to be going on here, at least (Windows XP, Word 2007). Alt+5 switches the view, Alt+2 goes one level up, Alt+4 creates a new folder. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "geotso" wrote in message ... The Open and Save As dialogs are still in Word 2007 and can be accessed through Office Files Button=Open or through their Word 2003 shortcuts. Alt, F, O or Alt, F, S the same shortcuts as in prior Word versions, Ctrl+O and Ctrl+S still work as well. No. I didn't mean the Open and Save as dialog boxes themselves. I mean an article in Word's help, that is absolute wrong. You can see it he http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...CH100965071033 You'll see the shortcuts I mentioned in my first post under "Use the Open and Save as dialog boxes" topic. |
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then, "Stefan Blom" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Which keyboard shortcuts aren't working for you in the Open dialog box? Nothing strange seems to be going on here, at least (Windows XP, Word 2007). Alt+5 switches the view, Alt+2 goes one level up, Alt+4 creates a new folder. Strange! I can't use any combination that need the Alt key. Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+4, Alt+5 and Alt+I. I've tried both left and right Alt keys, plus the numbers in number keypad. Nothing was happened. -- Please remove hyphens to contact me ----- --- -- -- - geotso ----- --- -- -- - |
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I suspect you are using Windows Vista and the dialog boxes for Open/Save As
in Office 2007 are different. So it's inaccurate for Vista but applicable to Windows XP. Did you provide feedback using the options at the bottom of the article? They actually do see the feedback and modify the content accordingly. I just added a note about the topic not applying to the Vista dialog box and the more feedback they receive the more likely they are to change it. :-) Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "geotso" wrote in message ... No. I didn't mean the Open and Save as dialog boxes themselves. I mean an article in Word's help, that is absolute wrong. You can see it he http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...CH100965071033 You'll see the shortcuts I mentioned in my first post under "Use the Open and Save as dialog boxes" topic. |
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Is the problem only with the Open dialog box? Can you use the Alt key
elsewhere? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "geotso" wrote in message ... then, "Stefan Blom" climbed to the rostrum and said: Which keyboard shortcuts aren't working for you in the Open dialog box? Nothing strange seems to be going on here, at least (Windows XP, Word 2007). Alt+5 switches the view, Alt+2 goes one level up, Alt+4 creates a new folder. Strange! I can't use any combination that need the Alt key. Alt+1, Alt+2, Alt+4, Alt+5 and Alt+I. I've tried both left and right Alt keys, plus the numbers in number keypad. Nothing was happened. -- Please remove hyphens to contact me ----- --- -- -- - geotso ----- --- -- -- - |
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then, "Stefan Blom" climbed to the rostrum and said:
Is the problem only with the Open dialog box? Can you use the Alt key elsewhere? As Beth notes (it was my mistake don't mentioning it at first place) I use Vista Home Premium and key combinations that use the Alt key don't work in the Open and Save as dialog boxes only (from all my tests I have done in Word till now). Thank you for your responce |
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Thank you for the feedback. I just noticed Beth's reply myself.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "geotso" wrote in message ... then, "Stefan Blom" climbed to the rostrum and said: Is the problem only with the Open dialog box? Can you use the Alt key elsewhere? As Beth notes (it was my mistake don't mentioning it at first place) I use Vista Home Premium and key combinations that use the Alt key don't work in the Open and Save as dialog boxes only (from all my tests I have done in Word till now). Thank you for your responce |
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Did you provide feedback using the options at the bottom of the article? They actually do see the feedback and modify the content accordingly. I just added a note about the topic not applying to the Vista dialog box and the more feedback they receive the more likely they are to change it. :-) Good point Beth! I'll do that right now! Thank you very much |
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"geotso" wrote in message
... Did you provide feedback using the options at the bottom of the article? They actually do see the feedback and modify the content accordingly. I just added a note about the topic not applying to the Vista dialog box and the more feedback they receive the more likely they are to change it. :-) Good point Beth! I'll do that right now! Thank you very much You're welcome. :-) And thanks for confirming it is due to using Vista. It appears the same issue occurs in the Help content for all of the Office apps due to the change in dialog boxes between operating systems. ~Beth Melton |
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You'll find that the arrow keys provide some of the missing functions, but I
cannot work out how to get to the New Folder option using a keyboard shortcut though. Terry Farrell "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... "geotso" wrote in message ... Did you provide feedback using the options at the bottom of the article? They actually do see the feedback and modify the content accordingly. I just added a note about the topic not applying to the Vista dialog box and the more feedback they receive the more likely they are to change it. :-) Good point Beth! I'll do that right now! Thank you very much You're welcome. :-) And thanks for confirming it is due to using Vista. It appears the same issue occurs in the Help content for all of the Office apps due to the change in dialog boxes between operating systems. ~Beth Melton |
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then, "Terry Farrell" climbed to the rostrum and said:
You'll find that the arrow keys provide some of the missing functions, but I cannot work out how to get to the New Folder option using a keyboard shortcut though. That's easy if you observe closely how Tab key moves the focus: The next tab after the Searchbox focuses the Organize button in the toolbar. Press Down arrow, et voila! Generally, there's (almost) always a key combination to perform an action in Word. My first post wasn't exactly about a problem; it was a theoretical question to show that Microsoft owes to pay more attention even to such small things for one of the most popular products worldwide |
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