Shortcut to change window fails

[Russell]

In Mac Office 2004, I can cycle through open windows with COMMAND+`
(the unshifted ~ tilde key). This works in Entourage and Word, but
recently it's stopped working after a while in Word, but resumes
working after I quit and restart Word.

Any ideas why it quits working?

Office Help says COMMAND+F6 switches windows, but I've gotten used to
COMMAND+tilde. I don't know where I learned that, but I can do it with
one hand and prefer switching that way.

Thanks.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hmm, a mystery. Go into Tools | Customize, Keyboard, select Window in the
left column, find Next Window (or Prev Window) in the right column, and make
sure cmd-tilde is listed as an option. If not, assign it.

I believe cmd-tilde is the system shortcut, or the one laid out by Mac
guidelines, that is supposed to consistently work across all apps. It works
here, too, although I don't have it assigned in Word either. Specifically
telling Word to use it may prevent Word from forgetting about it when it
gets tired.

Note also that the Tools | Customize dialogs are very valuable and although
a freakin nightmare to use, will often repay time spent exploring them, if
you've not been there before.

DM

 

[Russell]

The next window command was assigned to both option F6 and cmd F6, and
I added the cmd-tilde at your suggestion. Good idea! Thanks.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Glad to help. Let us know if Word does continue to forget about that
shortcut (though it shouldn't).
DM