Caplock indicator

[Tonya Marshall]

In my memory bank somewhere I think I recall an indicator on the status
bar that indicated that the caplock key was on. I have a new, wireless
keyboard and there's no light to let me know caps are on, nor one for
numlock. I think it's to conserve the batteries.

Perhaps it was a Windows thing. I've been hunting around to see what I
can find.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It used to be in Word (still is in Excel), and I for one miss it (my Caps
Lock light is covered up by a mouse platform). I think MS just filled up the
status bar with so much other stuff they figured there was no room for this
and no one would miss it (but I do).

 

[Tonya Marshall]

I miss it now, too. Since my keyboard doesn't have lights on it and
that's what I usually checked. I'm glad that I wasn't imagining that
there was an indicator anyway. Seems like there's still enough room for
it, though. Maybe an mswish?
Tonya Marshall

 

[Tonya Marshall]

I found out in the accessibility section you can fix the numlock, caps
lock and scroll lock keys to play a sound when they're toggled. High
pitched for turning on and lower pitched for turning off. Also, you can
hold down the numlock key for 5 seconds to turn off the sounds or to
turn them back on. A dialog comes up when you turn them back on.

Tonya Marshall

 

[Tonya Marshall]

At this site, click on Status Bar and it clearly shows that the Status
Bar does display them in Office 2003, but then it may be the Excel
Status Bar. Wonder if one of our VBA experts might come up with a macro
to make it work in Word.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP430081491033.aspx
Tonya Marshall

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That page is for Microsoft Project 2003.

 

[Tonya Marshall]

Yes. When you select Status Bar, it shows where the indicators are
supposed to be.
Tonya Marshall

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But it is about Project 2003, not Word.