WD: Cannot Use Some US-International Key Combinations in Word (113185)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q113185 SYMPTOMS When you use the US-International Keyboard Layout setting,
some US- International key combinations run Word for Windows commands instead
of producing international (accented) characters.
For example, if
you press RIGHT ALT+i to produce a lowercase letter "I" with an acute accent,
Word instead runs the Print Preview command and switches to print preview.
To view the Regional Settings in Windows 95, click the
Start button, click Settings, click
Control Panel, and then double-click Regional
Settings. To view the Keyboard Layout setting in Windows 3.x, open
Windows Control Panel, and then click the International
icon.
Note As of October 18, 2002, Alki stopped their support for the tools.
No new tools are available for Microsoft Office 97 or Microsoft Office 95.
CAUSE To implement full keyboard access to all commands, Word
overrides several of the US-International key combinations. As a result, these
key combinations do not produce international characters in Word 6.0, 7.0 and
Word 97; instead, they run Word commands.
The following table lists the US-International key
combinations strokes that run Word commands instead of producing international
characters. Note The ALTGR key is the RIGHT ALT key or the CTRL+LEFT ALT key on
standard U.S. keyboard.
Key Word Command Expected International Character
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ALTGR+a InsertAnnotation a' (a, acute accent, {SYMBOL
0225})
(For Word 97, this shortcut is unassigned)
ALTGR+e InsertEndnoteNow e' (e, acute accent, {SYMBOL
0233})
ALTGR+i FilePrintPreview i' (i, acute accent, {SYMBOL
0237})
ALTGR+n ViewNormal n tilde ({SYMBOL 0241})
ALTGR+o ViewOutline o' (o, acute accent, {SYMBOL
0243})
ALTGR+p ViewPage o" (o, umlaut, {SYMBOL 0246})
ALTGR+s DocSplit esset (hard S, {SYMBOL 0223})
ALTGR+t Trademark Thorn Icelandic capital
({SYMBOL 0254})
ALTGR+u TableUpdateAutoFormat u' (u, acute accent, {SYMBOL
0250})
ALTGR+y RepeatFind u" (u, umlaut, {SYMBOL 0252})
ALTGR+z GoBack ae ligature ({SYMBOL 0230})
ALTGR+1 ApplyHeading1 open exclamation mark (inverted
or upside down exclamation mark,
{SYMBOL 0161})
ALTGR+2 ApplyHeading2 superscript 2 ({SYMBOL 0178})
ALTGR+3 ApplyHeading3 superscript 3 ({SYMBOL 0179})
ALTGR+! Open Exclamation Mark superscript 1 ({SYMBOL 0185})
ALTGR+- ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenu Japanese yen ({SYMBOL 0165})
ALTGR+= ToolsCustomizeAddMenuShort multiplication sign (looks like
"x", {SYMBOL 0215})
WORKAROUNDMethod 1 To restore the US-International keyboard functionality for the
key combinations listed above, you can remove the Word keyboard assignment for
each one. You can make these changes globally, in Normal.dot, or you can make
them in a template, which you can attach or load as an add-in when needed. Use
the following procedure to remove Word keyboard assignments to activate the
US-International key combinations. Note These steps remove the documented Word functionality for each key
combination you modify. To restore Word functionality, click the Reset
All button in the Tools Customize dialog box on the
Keyboard tab. - On the Tools menu, click
Customize.
- Click the Keyboard tab.
- From the Categories and Commands lists, select the Word
command you want to unassign. For example, to unassign the ViewNormal command
from the ALTGR+n key combination, select View in the
Categories list, and then select ViewNormal
in the Commands list.
- Select the key combination in the Current
Keys box. For example, select ALT+CTRL+N, which appears in the
Current Keys box for the ViewNormal
command.
- Click the Remove button. This clears the
key combination from the Current Keys box.
- Repeat steps c through e to remove additional keyboard
assignments.
- Click the Close button.
Method 2 If you do not want to remove the Word keyboard assignments, you
can use one of the following alternative methods to create international
characters: - On the Insert menu, click
Symbol. Select the international character you want to insert,
and then click the Insert button.
- Use the keyboard shortcut key combination to create the
international character on your U.S. keyboard. For a complete list of key
combinations for international characters, see page 49 in the "Microsoft Word
User's Guide" for Word 6.0 or double-click the Help button on
the Standard toolbar, and then type international
settings.
REFERENCES "Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 48-49
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbualink97 KB113185 |
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