Hi all,

I'm using MSOffice 2003 and XP ProSP2 .

Problem:

In the Office applications all the hotkeys work correctly except Alt-E
(Edit). When this hotkey is used the Edit menu button appears 'depressed'
but the Edit pull down does not open up. After Alt-E, I have to use
Down-Arrow or Enter to get the menu to open.

In other applications (not Office) this is not an issue, in outlook express
for instance the alt-e hotkey works fine. I am so used to Word's Alt-E,
incombination with e, s, and f, that this really bugs me. Can anyone think
of a way for me to fix this?

Any help much appreciated!

best regards,

Bob

You have two icons that have the E as the accelerator key.

Hit alt-e a few times while watching the toolbars. You'll see another icon that
looks depressed when Edit isn't depressed.

You can either remove that accelerator key or remove the icon and just keep it
for the Edit dropdown.

If you want to remove that accelerator key from the second icon
tools|customize (just to see the dialog)
rightclick on the offending icon
Remove the ampersand (&) from the Name in the dropdown that you see.


Bob Newheart wrote:

Hi all,

I'm using MSOffice 2003 and XP ProSP2 .

Problem:

In the Office applications all the hotkeys work correctly except Alt-E
(Edit). When this hotkey is used the Edit menu button appears 'depressed'
but the Edit pull down does not open up. After Alt-E, I have to use
Down-Arrow or Enter to get the menu to open.

In other applications (not Office) this is not an issue, in outlook express
for instance the alt-e hotkey works fine. I am so used to Word's Alt-E,
incombination with e, s, and f, that this really bugs me. Can anyone think
of a way for me to fix this?

Any help much appreciated!

best regards,

Bob

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Dave Peterson

Brilliant!! Fixed in a jiffy.

Thanks very much for your help!!!

Happy Bob

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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You have two icons that have the E as the accelerator key.

Hit alt-e a few times while watching the toolbars. You'll see another
icon that
looks depressed when Edit isn't depressed.

You can either remove that accelerator key or remove the icon and just
keep it
for the Edit dropdown.

If you want to remove that accelerator key from the second icon
tools|customize (just to see the dialog)
rightclick on the offending icon
Remove the ampersand (&) from the Name in the dropdown that you see.


Bob Newheart wrote:

Hi all,

I'm using MSOffice 2003 and XP ProSP2 .

Problem:

In the Office applications all the hotkeys work correctly except Alt-E
(Edit). When this hotkey is used the Edit menu button appears
'depressed'
but the Edit pull down does not open up. After Alt-E, I have to use
Down-Arrow or Enter to get the menu to open.

In other applications (not Office) this is not an issue, in outlook
express
for instance the alt-e hotkey works fine. I am so used to Word's Alt-E,
incombination with e, s, and f, that this really bugs me. Can anyone
think
of a way for me to fix this?

Any help much appreciated!

best regards,

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

Thanks Dave!
Fixed me up nicely too.

Cheers,
Ken.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You have two icons that have the E as the accelerator key.

Hit alt-e a few times while watching the toolbars. You'll see another icon that
looks depressed when Edit isn't depressed.

You can either remove that accelerator key or remove the icon and just keep it
for the Edit dropdown.

If you want to remove that accelerator key from the second icon
tools|customize (just to see the dialog)
rightclick on the offending icon
Remove the ampersand (&) from the Name in the dropdown that you see.


Bob Newheart wrote:

Hi all,

I'm using MSOffice 2003 and XP ProSP2 .

Problem:

In the Office applications all the hotkeys work correctly except Alt-E
(Edit). When this hotkey is used the Edit menu button appears 'depressed'
but the Edit pull down does not open up. After Alt-E, I have to use
Down-Arrow or Enter to get the menu to open.

In other applications (not Office) this is not an issue, in outlook express
for instance the alt-e hotkey works fine. I am so used to Word's Alt-E,
incombination with e, s, and f, that this really bugs me. Can anyone think
of a way for me to fix this?

Any help much appreciated!

best regards,

Bob

--

Dave Peterson

Have you added any other commandbar controls that have Alt+E as the Hotkey - either defined or labelled?

For example, adding a control labelled "R&ed Text" - with the 'e' underlined. This will confuse the commandbar as to which menu/button should be activated by Alt+E.

Either that or if you've imported an Add-In or Template that has a macro set to use Alt+E.