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| Thread ID: 91571 | 2008-07-11 06:11:00 | ctrl-v stopped working | TNTasha (13957) | Press F1 |
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| 687849 | 2008-07-11 06:11:00 | I'm looking to restore a keyboard shortcut that has stopped working suddenly. I'm on a Compaq Presario laptop XP SP3. The ctrl+v keyboard shortcut (paste function) stopped working a few days ago. I have rebooted my computer a number of times. Both ctrl keys on the keyboard are affected (neither will paste). ctrl+c works fine, so do other shortcuts involving the control key. This only happens in Microsoft Word (version 2000). The ctrl+v paste function still works fine in Notepad, and in Excel (version 2000). Also, I can paste fine in Word by clicking the menu shortcut icon paste clipboard on the top margin and by viewing the clipboard itself and pasting from there by clicking the icon. The ctrl key itself works fine, & the "v" key works fine, I don't think there is a keyboard failure, just a selective failure of ctrl+v in Word. The alternative keyboard shortcuts for copy, cut & paste -- ctrl+ins , shift+del, & shift+ins all work fine in Word, Excel, Notepad. I wasn't doing anything other than working in Word on a document & I didn't install anything new when this first occurred. And it doesn't have anything to do with the recent Windows Update XP patch (KB951748)-Zone Alarm problem as it occurred prior to that and I have since updated Zone Alarm and installed all the monthly Windows XP patches. Also, I just did a full NAV (Norton Antivirus 2006 ver 14) scan with today's definitions and not problems found. I'd like to get the ctrl+v keyboard shortcut working again in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks. |
TNTasha (13957) | ||
| 687850 | 2008-07-11 06:17:00 | Hi TNTasha. No direct answer but until one of the wizards show up you might just right click and click Paste from the small menu that appears. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 687851 | 2008-07-11 06:36:00 | Hi Scouse. Good idea. Also trying shift+ins. Still hoping to get my beloved ctrl+v function back again. | TNTasha (13957) | ||
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