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[HobbitK]

Hi Everyone,
ms office 2000 premium sr1 - in MS Word & MS Excel, When I press the #8 key, it incerts a new line or goes to the next cell. Looked in macros & there is no recorded macro & no VB script. How do I remove this, so it functions normally again?
Thanks, Michael

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

Are you referring to a SINGLE key stroke (#8 key)?

Do you have a Personal.xls that opens when you load Excel?

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Skip,

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[TonyJollans]

Hi HobbitK,

If it happens in Word AND Excel, the chances are that you have a keyboard mapping problem. What happens when you press the key in other applications?

Enjoy,
Tony

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[HobbitK]

Skip ... It happens ONLY on the key with 8 & * on it (top row of keyboard). This is a client of mine, and he has no idea how it happened.
Tony ... and how do I fix this "keyboard mapping problem"?
It's like that key acts as the Enter key, then the 8 is displayed. But if you use the 9 key keyboard, it is fine.
I am willing to try (almost) any suggestion.
Michael

 

[combo]

Hi HobbitK,
a key mapping link for windows 2000/xp:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/input/w2kscan-map.mspx

combo

 

[xlhelp]

May I suggest? If you look under autotext, chances are that there is an entry for the 8 key that's associated with the Enter key?

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[HobbitK]

combo,
thanks for the link. he is running Win98SE, but I did find some info. on that from your link. I hope that is not what happened (seems like to much work to fix)

xlhelp ...
Where is the autotext? This sounds most likely the problem.

Thanks again,
Michael

 

[xlhelp]

My apologies. Too much partying over the holidays. I meant autocorrect. Under Tools, Autocorrect.

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[HobbitK]

xlhelp ... Thanks ... I am going to their office later today. i will check that in both Excel and Word.

 

[HobbitK]

Thanks everyone for the help ...
It ended up being a bad keyboard They got hit with a power outage and it seems to have taken the keyboard with it.