VBA or shortcut for Windows Application key?

[news.microsoft.com]

Hi everyone,
Am running dual ops and would like to access right menu using keyboard n
Word. Is there a right menu keyboard VBA (think I saw one somewhere) that I
can assign a key to immitate APPLICATION key on Windows keyboard?
Or any other solution to achieve the keyboard right click instead of mouse
right click?

Many thanks.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi News.microsoft.com,

Am running dual ops and would like to access right menu using keyboard n
Word. Is there a right menu keyboard VBA (think I saw one somewhere) that I
can assign a key to immitate APPLICATION key on Windows keyboard?
Or any other solution to achieve the keyboard right click instead of mouse
right click?

Shift+F10 will display the right-click menu for the current selection. Is that
what you mean?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[news.microsoft.com]

Thank you Cindy - yes thanks- but is it a programmable function? As in
keyboard shortcuts or toolbar button?

Yes I did not configure Express and am now Microsoft News until I do.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi News.microsoft.com,

Thank you Cindy - yes thanks- but is it a programmable function? As in
keyboard shortcuts or toolbar button?

I don't understand your question. The command is already a keyboard
shortcut; you're saying you want to assign yet a different shortcut to
it?

you can find out what the command name is by going to
Tools/Customize/Keyboard. Click in the "new shortcut" field and press the
keyboard combination. Now look below at what command it's assigned to.
You can then search that command in the list of "All commands" and assign
any other keyboard shortcut or toolbar button to the command. Put
WordBasic. in front of it and you can call it from code. Now that you
have the command name you can also use the Keybindings collection to
assign a keyboard shortcut.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Fred]

Many thanks..

Hi News.microsoft.com,

I don't understand your question. The command is already a keyboard
shortcut; you're saying you want to assign yet a different shortcut to
it?

you can find out what the command name is by going to
Tools/Customize/Keyboard. Click in the "new shortcut" field and press the
keyboard combination. Now look below at what command it's assigned to.
You can then search that command in the list of "All commands" and assign
any other keyboard shortcut or toolbar button to the command. Put
WordBasic. in front of it and you can call it from code. Now that you
have the command name you can also use the Keybindings collection to
assign a keyboard shortcut.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)


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[Fred]

Hi Cindy

Yes it does work for Shift F10 and the Application key on a windows keyboard
but if I click which I had already done in keyboard shortcuts Shift F10 it
shows UNASSIGNED? Which is why I am asking - it works on shortcut but is not
TANGIBLE - it shows UNASSIGNED? I thought it would be something like
MenuMode or some such thing? Thought somebody might know the Command Name?



I have just installed on a new computer so my keyboard shortcuts are clean -
I have not started reassigning at this point.

Thanks for the help Cindy.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Fred,

Yes it does work for Shift F10 and the Application key on a windows keyboard
but if I click which I had already done in keyboard shortcuts Shift F10 it
shows UNASSIGNED? Which is why I am asking - it works on shortcut but is not
TANGIBLE - it shows UNASSIGNED? I thought it would be something like
MenuMode or some such thing? Thought somebody might know the Command Name?

Hmmm, I see your problem. I'm asking the "PTB", but I don't know if / when
anything will come back...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Klaus Linke]

I think none of the Windows-wide shortcut keys show up as "assigned"?
And there probably isn't any command because it's done by the OS?

Klaus

 

[Klaus Linke]

BTW, it's still not clear what you want to do...

You know you can customize the context menus in Word (= put built-in
commands, submenus or macros on them, or remove stuff)?
Not easy though because there's 62 contexts for the doc's content, and Word
decides what shows on any of those (and what's not currently visible or
grayed out) dynamically.

Klaus

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Fred,

Yes it does work for Shift F10 and the Application key on a windows keyboard
but if I click which I had already done in keyboard shortcuts Shift F10 it
shows UNASSIGNED? Which is why I am asking - it works on shortcut but is not
TANGIBLE - it shows UNASSIGNED? I thought it would be something like
MenuMode or some such thing? Thought somebody might know the Command Name?

I got an answer back, and basically it's: We can't do it. It's along the lines
that Klaus mentions in his posting. MS could do it, but it's at such a deep
level that it's very difficult (= take too mach time, therefore low priority).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Fred]

Many thanks Cindy and Klaus.

Hi Fred,

I got an answer back, and basically it's: We can't do it. It's along the
lines
that Klaus mentions in his posting. MS could do it, but it's at such a
deep
level that it's very difficult (= take too mach time, therefore low
priority).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)


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[Fred]

I have dual ops Windows / Mac and want to use Mac keyboard instead of 2
keyboards.

I like the app key one key stroke on Windows keyboard thought I could VBA
produce the instructions if easy to do or assign Command to keystroke (but
as you say it is OS). I right click often and one key to press is quick and
easy. I like the APPS key.

I do not want to run 2 keyboards ALL the time just for ease. But maybe it is
easier to do it that way.

Many thanks Klaus.