Alien Keystrokes
I got in a real mess yesterday with Word. I hit a key like control-shift-something and Word formatted everything in something truly alien and wouldn’t let me delete anything at all. In the end, I had to completely retype a two-page document.
I now use a Logitech Cordless Keyboard and Mouse, which is better than that of the laptop but I am still making mistakes. Small ones like capitalisation I can correct, but these control keystrokes just move me into am unwanted wildeness. I want to cut them out selectively.
I’ve just e-mailed Logitech, to see if they have any ideas. Here’s what I said.
I have Logitech cordless Desktop EX110. I have no issues with the product, but as I have had a couple of strokes, I find that I keep mixing the control, shirt, alt and Windows keys. This is a typical problem and several of my disabled friends say they get the same problem. It is a real pain in something like Word where combinations like control-shift-C drastically affect the way the program works.
As a programmer for nearly 50 years, the solution is to be able to disable caps lock, control, alt and the Windows key. Do you have a keyboard driver that does this. Ideally, it would still allow certain keystrokes with control to be selectively allowed, as I use control-C etc. for cut, copy and paste.
Thanks. I shall post the quest for a perfect stroke-friendly keyboard on my blog.
Let’s hope they have a solution!
The Anonymous Widower 
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Well done, if they respond could you let me know please! I do the same, although the one I do most in putting the font into Italic instead of typing a capital I.
I personally find Word 2007 less intuitive than 2003 and 97, which are the others I have used a lot. It has some great features, but as you say, it sometimes does odd things. I compile quite a few smaller documents from different sources into one larger document and it took me a long time ti iron out the style changes which Word kept making. Powerpoint 07 also is less intuitive, it took me ages to work out how to print out a handout with the slides on and space for people to annotate at the side.
Comment by Liz P | June 23, 2010 |