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TRW509

No matter what program I'm in, F2 takes me to Word, F3 takes me to Excel,
etc. Overrides whatever those keys do in the overridden program. How can I
disable this behavior?

Thanks......TRW
 
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Herb Tyson [MVP]

Some keyboards have an F Lock that transforms the F keys from their normal
behavior to pre-assigned or user-assigned shortcuts. This sounds like what
might be happening in your case. Do you have an F-Lock key? If so, try
toggling it off. On my keyboard, there is an associated light that tells me
that F-Lock is On (when it's on).
 
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TRW509

Herb...

That was it. Dell keyboard has <F Mode>, which must have been accidentally
pushed.

Many Thanks
TRW
 
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James Silverton

Herb wrote on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:48:30 -0400:
Some keyboards have an F Lock that transforms the F keys from their
normal behavior to pre-assigned or user-assigned
shortcuts. This sounds like what might be happening in your
case. Do you have an F-Lock key? If so, try toggling it off.
On my keyboard, there is an associated light that tells me that F-Lock
is On (when it's on).
Click to expand...

A distinct possibility but there are other places to look. My wireless
Logitech keyboard activates a light (there's also one for Num Lock) on
the transmitter/mouse charger for this purpose.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
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