Help - Alt-E hotkey does not work in MSOffice apps, no prob in other apps

[Bob Newheart]

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]

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]

Brilliant!! Fixed in a jiffy.

Thanks very much for your help!!!

Happy Bob

 

[Ken Moore]

Thanks Dave!
Fixed me up nicely too.

Cheers,
Ken.