format change case automatic toggle - Word 2002

[Guest]

some time back i created a macro/button on my tool bar which toggled case
changes which offered a switch between all case change options automatically.
Over the past couple of weeks i removed that button and installed the
regular icon change case tool on my button bar, but when i clicked on a word
and went to toggle automatically between all options, instead i had opened
the dialogue box for format change case. i have created macro after macro
but i cannot come up with my original toggling case tool. what am i doing
wrong??????? i am a writer and am continually changing text. i do not like
to have to open that darn dialogue box, i want it to toggle case changes
automatically when i click on the icon tool button. help!!!! THANKS -
a 20 year vet of MS Word - Gloria

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Isn't the keyboard shortcut Shift+F3 easier to use?

 

[Guest]

Shift+F3 only changes to all caps, plus it won't toggle back to lowercase.
but thank you for offering me help. blessings, glorymercy

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Press Shift+F3 repeatedly to cycle among upper, title, and lower
cases.

 

[Guest]

If my shift+F3 would do as you say, i would be in hog heaven. but mine will
not toggle to all cases, it just changes the word from all caps to all
lowercase. i am going to try closing down and restarting word. thanks for
your help!

 

[Guest]

i don't know why, but my shift+f3 change case will not work. i have been
furiously trying all kinds of tricks, but to no avail. i am going to see if
i can reset my function keys and see if that works. also, i formerly used my
function keys a great deal, but i have become more pleased with buttons which
i personalize. thanks again for your help. i will let you know when/if i get
the silly problem fixed. i have always loved Word since it first came out
on Mac in the late 80's. this is the first time i have ever been unable to
adjust settings to my satisfaction. the help isn't as helpful as it used to
be either, i don't think. blessings!

 

[garfield-n-odie]

What version of Word do you have? Shift+F3 works here in Word
2002 and 2003, but I don't have previous versions to test on. In
Word, click on Tools | Customize | Keyboard | Categories: All
Commands | Commands: Change Case. "Current keys" should be
Shift+F3. If it isn't, then click in the "Press new shortcut
key" box, press Shift+F3, and click on Assign.

 

[Guest]

2002. okay i will try it. hope it works. thanks so much for your help!

 

[Guest]

nope. it still doesn't work. i think i have entered some formatting command
(auto) that is overriding the change case command. I tried setting up the
change case keyboard command, following the instructions you gave me. i have
used that option before and am familiar with setting up commands. the only
thing i know to do is to get my disk and try reinstalling my program, which i
hate because i have numerous macros and buttons i have personalized. if you
think of anything else, let me know. thanks again for your generous help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try another approach. In the Keyboard dialog, select any command at random
and enter Shift+F3. What is shown for "Currently assigned to"? If it's
something other than Change Case, then that is the command that has hijacked
the shortcut.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Nope--sorry! i think i am going to have to reinstall the application.
thanks for your help, i'm really grateful. blessings -

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Reinstallation is very unlikely to help since it does not overwrite
Normal.dot or the Registry or remove add-ins from Word's Startup folder, and
these are the three most common causes of problems.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

I just got a new computer and keyboard with 2003 word and am missing my
shift+F3 function too. I went to the keystoke dialogue box by going into
the record macro mode and the shift+F3 keystroke would not even show up in
the box, so I experimented and found that if you press the F Lock botton so
that the F light comes on (new in my new keyboard) then try the shift+F3. It
works!!

Good luck!