[AccessD] Stuck Highlight in Access

Wow, new things to learn every day.  Thanks, Gustav.


Liz


 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:01 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Stuck Highlight in Access

Hi Charlotte and Liz

Sticky keys is another business.

Having pressed F8 once sets "expanded selection".
Now you can click to mark a part of a field. Done so, you can click F8
several times to mark:

 - word
 - field (all words)
 - record (all fields) 
 - all records

and press Shift+F8 to move reverse in this sequence.
Press Esc to cancel "expanded selection".

Most often users press F8 by accident but don't notice it as nothing
happens - or so it seems.
Then they forget.
However, if you know about this shortcut, it can be a fast alternative
to double-clicking and shift-marking with the mouse.

Did you, by the way, know that Ctrl+Shift+Space will mark all records?
And Shift+Space toggles between a selected record and selected first
field of column?
And Ctrl+Space toggles between a selected column and selected first
field of row?

Happy keying.

/gustav

>>> cfoust at infostatsystems.com 03-07-2006 18:51:14 >>>
Turning off the checkbox for sticky keys in the accessibility options
isn't enough.  I guess you have to click the settings buttons and turn
off the options that turn sticky keys on for you. 


Charlotte

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Liz Doering
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 9:39 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Stuck Highlight in Access

I opened a table, hit F8 and found this behavior...  And got rid of it
with Esc.  And can recreate it with F8.

This makes me feel better; all this time I thought it was just the flaky
property.   


Thanks,

Liz


 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 4:30 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com 
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Stuck Highlight in Access

Hi Fransisco

Isn't this what happens if the user press F8 one or more times?
The cure is to press Esc ... one or more times.

Sorry if this has been covered, I missed the thread.

/gustav

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco 
> Tapia
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:11 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; 
> access-l at peach.ease.lsoft.com 
> Subject: [AccessD] Stuck Highlight in Access
>
> In Access sometimes my users mention that their text is being 
> highlighted from right to left, even tho they are not holding down the

> shift key, This affects only their Access application, but does not 
> affect any other software running.  Any form inside the access app is 
> affected and it seems to go away after they shutdown and restart the 
> application.
>
> I dunno if anyone here has seen this, it's not the old "the keyboard 
> buffer is stuck" situation.


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