Keyboard shortcuts reassign themselves

Anonymous
2014-02-13T22:00:31+00:00

Word's built-in keyboard shortcuts sometimes reassign themselves.

For example, if I edit a table, such as copying and pasting cells, and return to working on the rest of the document, command-c no longer becomes available, command-v turns into "cut" and command-] becomes paste. Those functions listed in the pulldown menus no longer include those keyboard shortcuts. However, if I use the contextual menu, the cut/copy/paste functions work (and also the contextual menu lists the no longer functioning command-c/x/v shortcuts). Similar things seem to happen after I import a photo into the file.

It doesn't matter if I am working in a .doc or .docx document.

If I quit and restart the program, everything goes back to normal until I edit a table again.

This has been happening since I installed Word 2011, on my MacBook Pro and Air, and on various versions of OSX (now running 10.9.1).

Does this happen to anyone else out there?

Madeline

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-18T14:35:51+00:00

    I'll wager that the keystroke re-assinging only happens to those of us that have done menu re-arranging.

    Still, it shouldn't happen--at least not if customization is to mean anything.  

    Along with fixing this, they should fix the repeated crashes that happen when one invokes "Advanced Find and Replace" via a custom keystroke (e.g., command-F).

    While they're at it, they should also reactivate the "Add to Work Menu" command.  I know the work-around on that, but it's cumbersome.  "Add to Work Menu" was elegant and useful.

    I was glad to see that the vanishing mouse pointer over italicized text was fixed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-16T21:41:38+00:00

    I'm the original poster of this question, and no, I've not found a solution. It still happens to me, usually caused by editing a table, and the only solution I've every found is to restart Word.

    However, there are rumours of a new version coming out later this year, and I am hoping it won't carry forward this bug!

    Oh WOE!

    Oh MISERY!

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-16T21:31:40+00:00

    I'm the original poster of this question, and no, I've not found a solution. It still happens to me, usually caused by editing a table, and the only solution I've every found is to restart Word.

    However, there are rumours of a new version coming out later this year, and I am hoping it won't carry forward this bug!

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-16T11:59:59+00:00

    Which one?  :-)

    The re-assinging keeps happening to me.  When it does, I save and quit what I'm doing-- and relaunching Word resets the keystrokes.

    This issue. 

    Thanks,

    Jim

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-06-15T21:10:56+00:00

    Which one?  :-)

    The re-assinging keeps happening to me.  When it does, I save and quit what I'm doing-- and relaunching Word resets the keystrokes.

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