Research Pane opens Alt+Lclick shortcut key. How to remove?

[Wanna Know]

Word 2003: I don't want the Research Pane to open when I use Alt+Left click.
How do I remove this shortcut key for the Research Pane? I only want to see
the Research Pane when I purposely click on Tools, Research.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Word 2003: I don't want the Research Pane to open when I use
Alt+Left click. How do I remove this shortcut key for the Research
Pane? I only want to see the Research Pane when I purposely click on
Tools, Research.

Sorry, Microsoft forgot to give us that control. Same in Word 2007. :-(

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Bear]

Jay: Is it a trappable command? -- Bear

 

[Jay Freedman]

Jay: Is it a trappable command? -- Bear

Not as far as I can see.

The standard way of finding the name of the macro that should
intercept a command is described in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/InterceptSavePrint.htm. In
Word 2003 that search yields two commands, Research and
ResearchLookup. The command descriptions are, respectively, "Initiates
the Research pane" and "Looks up the word in the research tool".

Unfortunately, creating macros with those names and overriding the
action with a MsgBox doesn't succeed in intercepting the Alt+Click
action.

If anyone knows the magic word and is willing to share it, I'd be
delighted -- this usurpation makes Alt+Drag "column selection" nearly
impossible. In fact, if the column you want to select is only one
character wide, it is impossible.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have no trouble using Alt+Drag, even for single-character column
selection, in Word 2003. It may be worse in 2007.