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Thread ID: 23280 2002-08-12 03:49:00 FAQ #51 Tips for MS Excel parry (27) Press F1
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70363 2002-08-16 04:41:00 Er... yes, it does actually work in the fossilised version. :8}

I use ctrl key shortcuts mostly and am actually not all that used to using the alt key, don't know why. Shortcut overload I suppose.

Oh well, if my mouse is already near my custom toolbar for other things I'll use that and if my paws are on the keyboard, I'll use them.

Thanks for the tips everyone. :-)
Susan B (19)
70364 2002-08-17 13:11:00 Hi Susan I'm not aware of a proper shortcut key for Comments but Im sure a macro can be written if your desperate . Let me know .

The Alt-I-M keystrokes is actually using the keyboard navigation rather than a pure shortcut . If you look at the Menu in Excel you will see each Menu item has one letter with an underscore underneath . . . example File has F underlined .

I'll use an example of printing using navigation as opposed to a shortcut key combo to explain the difference . . .

To Print using navigation you could go . . .
1) Press ALT-F - takes you to the File Menu
2) Press P - selects the Print option

To print with shortcuts you would go . . .
CTRL-P

In the Menu you will see some options have shortcut keys to the far right of the name . To print using CTRL-P takes you directly to printing rather than through an initial menu (like ALT-F-P) .

The ALT key and letter enables you to use Menus and an assigned letter . When the Menu appears simply selecting the assigned letter performs the action (you dont have to press ALT again) .

cheers
Parry
parry (27)
70365 2002-09-02 11:11:00 Good Links for Excel Help...


[url=]http://www.cpearson.com/excel/topic.htm (]http://www.mrexcel.com/[/url)
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