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Keyboard Symbols with ALT+CTRL don't always work
I have the problem in word that i'm trying to type some symbols of my keyboard by pressing ALT+CTRL+KEY but not all of them work. In notepad they all work.
I also can't find any assigned keyboard shortcuts to those combinations. I've already delete all the keyboard shortcuts that included ALT+CTRL that I could find. Is there a way to disable ALL keyboard shortcuts? I do not use them anyway... |
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Notepad and Word are very different programs; keyboard shortcuts are naturally different.
A list of KB shortcuts is available at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/290938. |
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My keyboard has symbols on it that universally work in any application. By example: CTRL+ALT+2=@ I have many others. The problem is word hass shortcuts assigned to some of those key combinations so when I want to type the symbols it just does something. I tried manually REMOVING all shortcuts that use CTRL+ALT but by example typing @ still doesnt work. It just does nothing at all. |
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On my keyboards Shift+2 = @.
Ctrl+Alt+2 produces nothing. That is in any program. Check with the manufacturer of your keyboard or the company that produced your keyboard shortcuts program to see if it is supposed to work with Word. There is no built-in way to remove all keyboard shortcuts in Word. Most external keyboard shortcut programs override Word's settings. |
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Ctrl-Alt-2 is not a standard Windows shortcut for anything in an English-language system. If it does something on your system, that's because your keyboard has been programmed for it or it uses a non-an English-language. In an English-language system, Word has its own 27 built-in Ctrl-Alt keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl-Alt-1 - Apply the Heading 1 style Ctrl-Alt-2 - Apply the Heading 2 style Ctrl-Alt-3 - Apply the Heading 2 style Ctrl-Alt-C - Insert a copyright symbol Ctrl-Alt-D - Insert an endnote Ctrl-Alt-F - Insert a footnote Ctrl-Alt-I - Switch to print preview Ctrl-Alt-K - Start AutoFormat Ctrl-Alt-L - Insert a LISTNUM field Ctrl-Alt-M - Insert a comment Ctrl-Alt-N - Switch to Draft view Ctrl-Alt-O - Switch to Outline view Ctrl-Alt-P - Switch to Print Layout view Ctrl-Alt-R - Insert a registered trademark symbol Ctrl-Alt-S - Split/Unsplit the document window Ctrl-Alt-T - Insert a trademark symbol Ctrl-Alt-V - Paste special Ctrl-Alt-Y - Repeat Find Ctrl-Alt-Z - Switch between the last four edits Ctrl-Alt-. - Insert an ellipsis Ctrl-Alt-- - Insert an em dash Ctrl-Alt-F1 - Display System Information Ctrl-Alt-F2 - Display File Open Dialogue Ctrl-Alt-Home - Open a list of browse options Ctrl-Alt-PageDown - Move to the end of the window Ctrl-Alt-Shift-PageDown - Extend a selection to the end of a window Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S - Open the Styles task pane Any others that you might have or might have had would have to have been assigned by you - in Word. As you can see from the above list, by default, Ctrl-Alt-2 in Word applies the Heading 2 style; it does not insert the @ character. Not very clever, in my view. In any event, wiping out a keyboard shortcut merely tells it to do nothing, not to do something else...
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Cheers, Paul Edstein [Fmr MS MVP - Word] |
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Old thread, but...
On all pc's and keyboards I've been using here (Norway, Europe) ctrl+alt+2 gives @ in every software except Word. I even have a MS Side-Winder X4 keyboard, and @ is marked and placed on the #2 key, and to the right of 2 - which indicates ctrl+alt to activate it. So, in that respect I'd say Ctrl+Alt+2 is std Windows shortcut for @ in this area. Though as have been said above, using AltGr+2 will give @ in Word Regards |
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