Line by Line Scrolling Does Not Work in MS-DOS-Based Editor

 Last reviewed: February 8, 1995
Article ID: Q123983
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

Pressing CTRL+UP ARROW and CTRL+DOWN ARROW to scroll through text does not work under Windows NT when NUM LOCK is active.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, turn off NUM LOCK. This allows both the extended set of arrow keys, as well as the numeric keypad arrow keys to be used with the CTRL key.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

You can press CTRL+UP ARROW and CTRL+DOWN ARROW to scroll through a text file in Microsoft text editors (such as MS-DOS Editor and Microsoft C7 Programmers Workbench) and still keep the current line is at the top of the file.

Additional reference words: wfw wfwg 3.50 control prodnt numlock key
combinations
KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: ntgeneral

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Last reviewed: February 8, 1995
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