remove the select all shortcut

[AP]

College students always complain about how they lost their entire document at
the push of one button: the combination of Ctrl + A. The select all feature
is neccessary at times, but the shortcut is not.

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi A.P.,

Select all is common in a number of apps. I probably
use it 20 times a day. Ctrl+Z (undo) after Ctrl+A
usually works. Just one more thing to 'learn' as
part of life's education I suppose.

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College students always complain about how they lost their entire document at
the push of one button: the combination of Ctrl + A. The select all feature
is neccessary at times, but the shortcut is not. >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[AP]

Yes, but do you use Ctrl + A in word??? I know i have never used it and
whenever i needed to select the entire document a quick Ctrl + Home then
Shift + Ctrl + End worked just fine.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi A.P.,

Yes, I use Ctrl+A in Word to select all to then remove
direct formattng of documents then to apply a style or
to apply a font, etc.

It's a Windows app standard for a shortcut for 'Select All'
and not one, because of keyboard configuration that you
hit accidentally/randomly too easily

Of course sometimes it gets used for odd purposes
http://www.toccionline.com/creations/ctrla/

In Word you have the option to remove that shortcut
from being active if you prefer not to use it.
Tools=>Options=>Customize=>[Keyboard]
Select the Edit category then the EditSelectAll
command to bring up the shortcut list. click on
Ctrl+A then click the [Remove] button.

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Yes, but do you use Ctrl + A in word??? I know i have never used it and
whenever i needed to select the entire document a quick Ctrl + Home then
Shift + Ctrl + End worked just fine. >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx