Bug in German Office/Excel 2007 on German Systems

[Marco von Frieling]

Hello.

I've a German Windows XP Pro SP2 and of course a keyboard with German
layout. Since I've installed my copy Office 2007 RTM from MSDN one key
combination no longer works, maybe others too. On German (and I guess
other European keyboard layouts too) there is the EURO-Symbol € (\u20AC)
which normally can be typed with the key combination / shortcut AltGr +
E or Ctrl + Alt + E.

Since I've installed Office 2007 this shortcut does not work anymore.
Instead it starts Excel which is a bug, because the € is a common and
often used character in Europe, because it's our currency.

Do you have any solutions or ideas for this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Marco

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Can you describe when this happens exactly, as in what you are doing
step-by-step?
I am running 2007 RTM on XP Pro SP2 English, but with a German keyboard.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
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[Marco von Frieling]

Hello Patrick,

Can you describe when this happens exactly, as in what you are doing
step-by-step?
I am running 2007 RTM on XP Pro SP2 English, but with a German keyboard.

I've installed Office 2007 RTM (German) and since then when pressing
AltGR + E or Ctrl + Alt + E in an editor (Word, Notepad, Outlook Email
editor) or everywhere else where you can type text, instead of inserting
the Euro character at the cursor position Excel 2007 is started.

If you whish I can send you a short video doing exactly that tomorrow,
now I've no time.

Marco

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Hello.

I've a German Windows XP Pro SP2 and of course a keyboard with German
layout. Since I've installed my copy Office 2007 RTM from MSDN one key
combination no longer works, maybe others too. On German (and I guess
other European keyboard layouts too) there is the EURO-Symbol € (\u20AC)
which normally can be typed with the key combination / shortcut AltGr +
E or Ctrl + Alt + E.

Since I've installed Office 2007 this shortcut does not work anymore.
Instead it starts Excel which is a bug, because the € is a common and
often used character in Europe, because it's our currency.

Do you have any solutions or ideas for this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Marco

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Hmm, I installed Office 2007 RTM in English.
Can you send me that short video via email? You can get my email address
from my website.

Thanks,

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Hello Patrick,

Can you describe when this happens exactly, as in what you are doing
step-by-step?
I am running 2007 RTM on XP Pro SP2 English, but with a German keyboard.

I've installed Office 2007 RTM (German) and since then when pressing
AltGR + E or Ctrl + Alt + E in an editor (Word, Notepad, Outlook Email
editor) or everywhere else where you can type text, instead of inserting
the Euro character at the cursor position Excel 2007 is started.

If you whish I can send you a short video doing exactly that tomorrow,
now I've no time.

Marco

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Hello.

I've a German Windows XP Pro SP2 and of course a keyboard with German
layout. Since I've installed my copy Office 2007 RTM from MSDN one key
combination no longer works, maybe others too. On German (and I guess
other European keyboard layouts too) there is the EURO-Symbol € (\u20AC)
which normally can be typed with the key combination / shortcut AltGr +
E or Ctrl + Alt + E.

Since I've installed Office 2007 this shortcut does not work anymore.
Instead it starts Excel which is a bug, because the € is a common and
often used character in Europe, because it's our currency.

Do you have any solutions or ideas for this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Marco