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Keyboard problem
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I have assigned special characters in Word 2000 to the F keys on my keyboard (em dash and en dash) but when I go back to a particular F key to use the special character again, it either default back to the original assignment (F12 becomes Save As) or disappears altogether. I have a Microsoft Natrual Multimedia 1.0 A keyboard. Has anyone experienced this problem? -- Many thanks JD |
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Do you have control over your Normal.dot? If not (that is, if you are on a
network where Normal.dot is in a common network folder or is replaced at startup), then you will need to save your keyboard customizations in another template that you load at startup. If you do have control over Normal.dot and are prompted to save it when you quit Word, then you need to answer yes to assure that these keyboard shortcuts are saved. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I have assigned special characters in Word 2000 to the F keys on my keyboard (em dash and en dash) but when I go back to a particular F key to use the special character again, it either default back to the original assignment (F12 becomes Save As) or disappears altogether. I have a Microsoft Natrual Multimedia 1.0 A keyboard. Has anyone experienced this problem? -- Many thanks JD |
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Hi Suzanne
Yes I do have control over my normal.dot template. But something has just occurred to me. If I had put the keyboard shortcuts into a template I've created, will they only appear in that particular template? For instance, I have one I call 'research' and that is where I set up the keyboard shortcuts. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Do you have control over your Normal.dot? If not (that is, if you are on a network where Normal.dot is in a common network folder or is replaced at startup), then you will need to save your keyboard customizations in another template that you load at startup. If you do have control over Normal.dot and are prompted to save it when you quit Word, then you need to answer yes to assure that these keyboard shortcuts are saved. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I have assigned special characters in Word 2000 to the F keys on my keyboard (em dash and en dash) but when I go back to a particular F key to use the special character again, it either default back to the original assignment (F12 becomes Save As) or disappears altogether. I have a Microsoft Natrual Multimedia 1.0 A keyboard. Has anyone experienced this problem? -- Many thanks JD |
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If you saved the keyboard shortcuts in that particular template (which you
would have to have done intentionally because all customizations are saved to Normal.dot by default), then yes, they'll work only in documents based on that template. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message news  Hi Suzanne Yes I do have control over my normal.dot template. But something has just occurred to me. If I had put the keyboard shortcuts into a template I've created, will they only appear in that particular template? For instance, I have one I call 'research' and that is where I set up the keyboard shortcuts. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Do you have control over your Normal.dot? If not (that is, if you are on a network where Normal.dot is in a common network folder or is replaced at startup), then you will need to save your keyboard customizations in another template that you load at startup. If you do have control over Normal.dot and are prompted to save it when you quit Word, then you need to answer yes to assure that these keyboard shortcuts are saved. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I have assigned special characters in Word 2000 to the F keys on my keyboard (em dash and en dash) but when I go back to a particular F key to use the special character again, it either default back to the original assignment (F12 becomes Save As) or disappears altogether. I have a Microsoft Natrual Multimedia 1.0 A keyboard. Has anyone experienced this problem? -- Many thanks JD |
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I understand. Thanks for your help Suzanne.
Many thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you saved the keyboard shortcuts in that particular template (which you would have to have done intentionally because all customizations are saved to Normal.dot by default), then yes, they'll work only in documents based on that template. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message news Hi Suzanne Yes I do have control over my normal.dot template. But something has just occurred to me. If I had put the keyboard shortcuts into a template I've created, will they only appear in that particular template? For instance, I have one I call 'research' and that is where I set up the keyboard shortcuts. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Do you have control over your Normal.dot? If not (that is, if you are on a network where Normal.dot is in a common network folder or is replaced at startup), then you will need to save your keyboard customizations in another template that you load at startup. If you do have control over Normal.dot and are prompted to save it when you quit Word, then you need to answer yes to assure that these keyboard shortcuts are saved. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I have assigned special characters in Word 2000 to the F keys on my keyboard (em dash and en dash) but when I go back to a particular F key to use the special character again, it either default back to the original assignment (F12 becomes Save As) or disappears altogether. I have a Microsoft Natrual Multimedia 1.0 A keyboard. Has anyone experienced this problem? -- Many thanks JD |
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And I should have added that they'll work in documents based on that
template only if that template is available. That is, if you send the documents to someone else who doesn't have the template, the recipient won't be able to use the shortcuts. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... I understand. Thanks for your help Suzanne. Many thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you saved the keyboard shortcuts in that particular template (which you would have to have done intentionally because all customizations are saved to Normal.dot by default), then yes, they'll work only in documents based on that template. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message news Hi Suzanne Yes I do have control over my normal.dot template. But something has just occurred to me. If I had put the keyboard shortcuts into a template I've created, will they only appear in that particular template? For instance, I have one I call 'research' and that is where I set up the keyboard shortcuts. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Do you have control over your Normal.dot? If not (that is, if you are on a network where Normal.dot is in a common network folder or is replaced at startup), then you will need to save your keyboard customizations in another template that you load at startup. If you do have control over Normal.dot and are prompted to save it when you quit Word, then you need to answer yes to assure that these keyboard shortcuts are saved. -- 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. "Jackie D" wrote in message ... Hi I have assigned special characters in Word 2000 to the F keys on my keyboard (em dash and en dash) but when I go back to a particular F key to use the special character again, it either default back to the original assignment (F12 becomes Save As) or disappears altogether. I have a Microsoft Natrual Multimedia 1.0 A keyboard. Has anyone experienced this problem? -- Many thanks JD |
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