Word 2003

[Guest]

I suddenly have found that I am unable to use my right arrow key to navigate
across text. It works in all other applicatioins. Has any body else had this
problem?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Did you accidentally reassign it in Word?

Try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+[plus sign on number pad]

Press the Right Arrow key.

This should show the current assignment for the right arrow key. If it's
correct, it should say CharRight. If if says something else is assigned--or
nothing--then assign CharRight.

 

[Guest]

Herb:

Thanks for the suggestion but I have a Dell notebook so the number pad is
not separate like it would be on a regular keypad. I did press CTrl+Alt+the
plus sign on the keyboard. When I do that a bold plus sign appears on the
screen. When I press the right arrow key, the bold plus sign disappears and
nothing else happens. One thing I do notice when I am in a Word document is
that when I press Ctrl+ the right arrow key, it skips to the end of a word in
the Word document. So the right arrow key works in that circumstance but not
to move one character at a time. Any other suggestions to solve this
puzzling problem would be greatly appreciated.

Did you accidentally reassign it in Word?

Try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+[plus sign on number pad]

Press the Right Arrow key.

This should show the current assignment for the right arrow key. If it's
correct, it should say CharRight. If if says something else is assigned--or
nothing--then assign CharRight.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

I suddenly have found that I am unable to use my right arrow key to
navigate
across text. It works in all other applicatioins. Has any body else had
this
problem?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Presumably you still have a way to access the "number pad" on your laptop,
but you can use another method: go to Tools | Customize | Keyboard, select
any command at random, and press the right arrow key as the new keyboard
shortcut. Then look to see what it says for "Currently assigned to."

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Herb:

Thanks for the suggestion but I have a Dell notebook so the number pad is
not separate like it would be on a regular keypad. I did press CTrl+Alt+the
plus sign on the keyboard. When I do that a bold plus sign appears on the
screen. When I press the right arrow key, the bold plus sign disappears and
nothing else happens. One thing I do notice when I am in a Word document is
that when I press Ctrl+ the right arrow key, it skips to the end of a word in
the Word document. So the right arrow key works in that circumstance but not
to move one character at a time. Any other suggestions to solve this
puzzling problem would be greatly appreciated.

Did you accidentally reassign it in Word?

Try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+[plus sign on number pad]

Press the Right Arrow key.

This should show the current assignment for the right arrow key. If it's
correct, it should say CharRight. If if says something else is assigned--or
nothing--then assign CharRight.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

I suddenly have found that I am unable to use my right arrow key to
navigate
across text. It works in all other applicatioins. Has any body else had
this
problem?

 

[djprius]

What model Dell notebook do you have? On the Dell Latitude, you can
do what Herb said (on the "number pad") as follows:

1. Press [Num Lk]key -- found on the top row of the keyboard;

2. Find the OTHER '+' sign (the one NOT on the next to top row):
on the Latitude notebook, it is on the question mark key (in blue)

3. Activate that 'number pad' + sign by (a) pressing the FN (in
blue, in the lower left part of the keyboard)and (b) simultaneously
pressing the blue + key

4. Now that you know how to use the number pad key for the + on a
notebook, to follow Herb's direction, you need to press Ctrl+Alt first
and while still holding these two finger positions, press FN+[plus sign
on question mark key]. This 4 key combination is a bit difficult to
finger the first time, but after a time or two, it is no problem.

David

******************************************

Herb:

Thanks for the suggestion but I have a Dell notebook so the number pad is
not separate like it would be on a regular keypad.

<snip>

 

[Guest]

I have an Inspiron 600.

What model Dell notebook do you have? On the Dell Latitude, you can
do what Herb said (on the "number pad") as follows:

1. Press [Num Lk]key -- found on the top row of the keyboard;

2. Find the OTHER '+' sign (the one NOT on the next to top row):
on the Latitude notebook, it is on the question mark key (in blue)

3. Activate that 'number pad' + sign by (a) pressing the FN (in
blue, in the lower left part of the keyboard)and (b) simultaneously
pressing the blue + key

4. Now that you know how to use the number pad key for the + on a
notebook, to follow Herb's direction, you need to press Ctrl+Alt first
and while still holding these two finger positions, press FN+[plus sign
on question mark key]. This 4 key combination is a bit difficult to
finger the first time, but after a time or two, it is no problem.

David

******************************************

Herb:

Thanks for the suggestion but I have a Dell notebook so the number pad is
not separate like it would be on a regular keypad.

<snip>

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help. It worked and now the right arrow key works properly.

Presumably you still have a way to access the "number pad" on your laptop,
but you can use another method: go to Tools | Customize | Keyboard, select
any command at random, and press the right arrow key as the new keyboard
shortcut. Then look to see what it says for "Currently assigned to."

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Herb:

Thanks for the suggestion but I have a Dell notebook so the number pad is
not separate like it would be on a regular keypad. I did press CTrl+Alt+the
plus sign on the keyboard. When I do that a bold plus sign appears on the
screen. When I press the right arrow key, the bold plus sign disappears and
nothing else happens. One thing I do notice when I am in a Word document is
that when I press Ctrl+ the right arrow key, it skips to the end of a word in
the Word document. So the right arrow key works in that circumstance but not
to move one character at a time. Any other suggestions to solve this
puzzling problem would be greatly appreciated.

Did you accidentally reassign it in Word?

Try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+[plus sign on number pad]

Press the Right Arrow key.

This should show the current assignment for the right arrow key. If it's
correct, it should say CharRight. If if says something else is assigned--or
nothing--then assign CharRight.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


I suddenly have found that I am unable to use my right arrow key to
navigate
across text. It works in all other applicatioins. Has any body else had
this
problem?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I guess you extrapolated the rest of that advice, which was to go to
whatever errant command that was an unassign it! <g>

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Thanks for your help. It worked and now the right arrow key works properly.

Presumably you still have a way to access the "number pad" on your laptop,
but you can use another method: go to Tools | Customize | Keyboard, select
any command at random, and press the right arrow key as the new keyboard
shortcut. Then look to see what it says for "Currently assigned to."

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Herb:

Thanks for the suggestion but I have a Dell notebook so the number pad is
not separate like it would be on a regular keypad. I did press CTrl+Alt+the
plus sign on the keyboard. When I do that a bold plus sign appears on the
screen. When I press the right arrow key, the bold plus sign

disappears
and

nothing else happens. One thing I do notice when I am in a Word

document
is

that when I press Ctrl+ the right arrow key, it skips to the end of a

word
in

the Word document. So the right arrow key works in that circumstance

but
not

to move one character at a time. Any other suggestions to solve this
puzzling problem would be greatly appreciated.

:

Did you accidentally reassign it in Word?

Try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+[plus sign on number pad]

Press the Right Arrow key.

This should show the current assignment for the right arrow key. If it's
correct, it should say CharRight. If if says something else is assigned--or
nothing--then assign CharRight.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


I suddenly have found that I am unable to use my right arrow key to
navigate
across text. It works in all other applicatioins. Has any body

else
had

this
problem?