paul Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 When creating a new macro or copying an existing one, each entry in the list of activations on the left contains an underlined letter, so pressing Alt-letter should select that activation. But it doesn't because, instead, the Alt-letter selected is used as the hotkey activation for the new or copied macro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 When creating a new macro or copying an existing one, each entry in the list of activations on the left contains an underlined letter, so pressing Alt-letter should select that activation. But it doesn't because, instead, the Alt-letter selected is used as the hotkey activation for the new or copied macro! I don't see any underlined letters in the Create New Macro window. Could you post a screenshot? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 When creating a new macro or copying an existing one, each entry in the list of activations on the left contains an underlined letter, so pressing Alt-letter should select that activation. But it doesn't because, instead, the Alt-letter selected is used as the hotkey activation for the new or copied macro! While the cursor is in the HotKey field all keystrokes are intercepted and interpreted as a hotkey selection. Once the cursor leaves this field the behavior returns to normal and shortcuts are recognized. To use a shortcut to select a different type of activation press the TAB key and then the shortcut key. This is by design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Yup, that works - thanks. I had actually tried clicking in the activitation pane, but that didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I don't see any underlined letters in the Create New Macro window. Could you post a screenshot? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK In the absence of a response I decided to post my own screenshot a few minutes ago, showing how my dialog has no underlined letters. I used my capture program, Snagit and pasted the result into IrfanView. I was astonished to find that the underlines were now present! But back in ME Pro Explorer, they were still missing. I closed and restarted. Still no underlines. And now, after many repeat attempts, I can't even get them with that capture/paste trick. So some very weird stuff going on here. Anyone have any clue as to what please? Anyone else not seeing underlined letters? Edit: OK, sorted. If anyone else ends up here with the same problem, then here's the fix. After much more googling I discovered that they are hidden by default. (If I ever knew that, I'd forgotten!) In XP at least, this setting controls it, and here it was enabled: Desktop r-click > Properties > Appearance > Effects > Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I love it when you answer your own questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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