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
    2022-06-29T19:31:45+00:00

    Ch’ello!

    I had the same issue with my use of the space bar while using One Note. After playing around with a few keyboard settings on both my MacBook (Monterey v12.4) and iPad (v15.5) I was able to prevent the space bar from focusing on Search; but I still had to use the Shift key to get a space in text. Then I found something that fixed it.

    My Fix:

    In your iPad settings go to Accessibility>Keyboards>Full Access Keyboards (on)>Commands. Scroll down in the Commands modal until you see the Interaction section (3rd from the top). The first listed command is ‘Activate’. I had an active command in there; so I just cleared the keyboard assignment and ¡voila! FIXED

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-16T14:41:19+00:00

    This solved the problem for me! I was having the same issue with my new iPad Air 5 with Logitech keyboard. Thank you.

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