Odd buttons at top of screen on ALT press

[Dave J. (Scoop0901)]

I was involved in the beta test for Office2k7, but never found this
feature, and still not sure what it is. I am pressed for time right
now, so I did a quick search on MS' site and didn't turn up anything.
Maybe later, if no one else knows what it is, I will have to do a
better search.

In Outlook2k7, if you open a NEW email, begin typing the body, and hit
the ALT key, in the top left corner of the screen, a series of button
images pop up. What are they? When I clicked one, the buttons
changed, but nothing seemed to have happened.

Any ideas?

TIA,
Dave

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

those are reminders for the shortcuts for those menu commands. IE, if you
press Alt and press a letter that shows up in the 'little buttons' it will
initiate the command.

 

[Dave J. (Scoop0901)]

Diane:
Thanks for the info. You know, in all the time I played with
Outlook 2007 during the beta, I never found that. Then again, I
generally use the traditional shortcuts and function keys.
I guess this just goes to show my fingers don't slide off the
proper keys too often. When I mentioned it to a couple other people,
they said, "Yeah, I see that all the time." They didn't have a clue,
either.

Again, thanks!
Cheers!
-dave