Mac Adm: Special/Reserved Keys for User Names (48038)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.0
  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.0a
  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.0b
  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.1
  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.1a
  • Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.1c
This article was previously published under Q48038

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Mail, you cannot use some of the keys on your keyboard to type a user name. These keys and combinations of keys are interpreted by Mail as commands to do some specific action.

For example, the ESC key in the upper-left corner of your keyboard closes most of the windows in Mail.

The following characters/keys are not allowed as part of a user name:

ESC
CLEAR
COMMAND
OPTION
SHIFT
CTRL
DELETE on the regular keyboard
TAB
Direction arrows

The following characters/keys are allowed as part of a user name:

Function keys F1 - F15
PGUP
PGDN
HOME
END
DEL (located between the regular keyboard and numeric keypad on an extended keyboard)

Note that many of these keys are available only on the standard and extended Macintosh keyboards.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/7/1999
Keywords:KB48038
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