Ctrl : and ctrl ; don't work on my PC

[Stefano Gatto]

Hello,

I installed Office 07 over Office 03 and lost the precious ctrl : and ctrl ;
to help typing in current date and time respectively.

Since this shortcut was reimplemented in Office07 (see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HP100913941033.aspx), I don't see
what's wrong now. I have got Win XP SP3 build 2600, Office 07 in Am. English
and a Swiss French keyboard with proper driver enabled. To key in ctrl ;, I
need to press Ctrl Shift and : at the same time. Same for ctrl :.

Can someone help me?

Stefano Gatto
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it (Salvador Dali)

 

[Stefano Gatto]

Shortly after I posted my question above, I realized that the db file is in
Access 2.0 format. I checked with a new file .accdb and ctrl : and ctrl ;
work there.

The message I get when I key ctrl shift : is "The expression you entered has
a function name that Microsoft Office can't find". I hope this helps.