Shortcut Keys Don't Work with French Canadian Keyboard

Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q140102

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0 (French)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Natural French Canadian Keyboard, and Language is set to Canadian, the following keyboard shortcuts do not work.

   Command                  Shortcut
   -------                  --------

   AffichageTitre1          ALT+!
   AffichageTitre2          ALT+"
   AffichageTitre3          ALT+/
   AffichageTitre4          ALT+$
   AffichageTitre5          ALT+%
   AffichageTitre6          ALT+?
   AffichageTitre7          ALT+&
   AffichageTitre8          ALT+*
   AffichageTitre9          ALT+[
   AffichageTousTitres      ALT+MAJ+A
   AfficherTout             CRTL+*
   AppliquerTitre1          CRTL+!
   AppliquerTitre2          CRTL+"
   AppliquerTitre3          CRTL+/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the French version of Word for Windows 95, version 7.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, change the shortcut key assignments. To do this:

On the Tools menu, click Customize.

2. Click the Keyboard tab. 3. In the Category list, click All Commands. 4. Select each command and assign different keyboard shortcut keys.

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Version : 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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