Spacebar not working on Word/OneNote (iPad)

Anonymous
2020-05-05T23:52:09+00:00

Hello. I am using an iPad Pro with an external Magic Keyboard, and I came to notice (quite quickly) that on the Microsoft Office suite the spacebar is not working when pressed/clicked on the keyboard. So, I come to ask, is there a way to solve this? Because currently it is kind of useless to use Word/OneNote and not be able to press the spacebar and have a space between words.

I think its possible that the problem is present since the Magic Keyboard is brand new hardware and Microsoft Office Suite may not recognize it yet. And it is a big deal and problem for note taking or word processing in general.

EDIT: Spacebar works properly only when pressing Option + Spacebar, quite annoying to have to do a command just to correctly use the spacebar, seems like a bug to me.

The problem is present on an iPad Pro 2020 11” with the Apple Magic Keybard (Spanish - ISO) running iPad OS 13.4.1and the latest OneNote/Word version.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-09T06:16:19+00:00

    Off the full access. It working , thank a lot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-05T20:58:32+00:00

    RESOLVED. Use Alt + Space bar for Space bar.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-06T06:25:29+00:00

    Go to settings-accessibility-full keyboard acces-commands-interaction

    Clear activate section.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-08-23T12:04:12+00:00

    You don’t need to turn off full keyboard access. Just go to commands on the keyboards accessibility setting and go to commands and deactivate the searchbar from being a command.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-08-23T11:39:05+00:00

    Thank you SO much!!!! I just turned it off and it worked like magic!!! It was so annoying so thank you!!!

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