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control arrow in editing
I have always used CONTROL + left or right arrow to move along document lines
but all of a sudden this no longer works. Are there any settings I may have accidently changed and how can I get it back. This is driving me crazy. |
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control arrow in editing
Without knowing more about your equipment and environment, it's hard to say.
If you're using a laptop, for example, it's possible that some function lock combination has altered how your computer is interpreting the arrow keys. It's also possible that you've activated a different keyboard language, and that has changed the key definitions. But, assuming you've rebooted to rule out gremlins and Ctrl+left/right still aren't working, press Ctrl+Shift+plus sign (the one on the number pad). This should turn the mouse pointer into a cloverleaf pointer. Now, press Ctrl+Left. This should bring up the Customize Keyboard dialog with a command highlighted. It should say WordLeft. Does it? If Ctrl+Left/Right have somehow become reassigned to something else, you can reassign them in several ways. The easiest way to restore default keyboard settings--assuming you don't have customizations you want to preserve--is to delete or rename Normal.dot (Normal.dotm if you're using Word 2007 or 2010). Barring that, you can customize the keyboard and reassign Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right to WordLeft and WordRight, respectively. The precise steps would depend on which version of Word you're using. To get started, in Word 2007, click the Office button, Word Options, Customize tab, Customize button (near the bottom). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Princess Fiona" Princess wrote in message news I have always used CONTROL + left or right arrow to move along document lines but all of a sudden this no longer works. Are there any settings I may have accidently changed and how can I get it back. This is driving me crazy. |
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control arrow in editing
Without knowing more about your equipment and environment, it's hard to say.
If you're using a laptop, for example, it's possible that some function lock combination has altered how your computer is interpreting the arrow keys. It's also possible that you've activated a different keyboard language, and that has changed the key definitions. But, assuming you've rebooted to rule out gremlins and Ctrl+left/right still aren't working, press Ctrl+Shift+plus sign (the one on the number pad). This should turn the mouse pointer into a cloverleaf pointer. Now, press Ctrl+Left. This should bring up the Customize Keyboard dialog with a command highlighted. It should say WordLeft. Does it? If Ctrl+Left/Right have somehow become reassigned to something else, you can reassign them in several ways. The easiest way to restore default keyboard settings--assuming you don't have customizations you want to preserve--is to delete or rename Normal.dot (Normal.dotm if you're using Word 2007 or 2010). Barring that, you can customize the keyboard and reassign Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right to WordLeft and WordRight, respectively. The precise steps would depend on which version of Word you're using. To get started, in Word 2007, click the Office button, Word Options, Customize tab, Customize button (near the bottom). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word Bible Blog: http://word.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Princess Fiona" Princess wrote in message news I have always used CONTROL + left or right arrow to move along document lines but all of a sudden this no longer works. Are there any settings I may have accidently changed and how can I get it back. This is driving me crazy. |
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