Held Down Right Shift too Long?

by Anonymous
(Guernsey Guernsey)

I held right shift down for too long. I thought I pressed cancel, but now Control plus S no longer is a shortcut for Save, and I can't edit in the cells of a Microsoft Word table - all is highlighted blue.

ANSWER:

Even though this occurred when you were using Word, it is actually a Windows issue, not a problem with Microsoft Word 2007.

One of the Accessibility Options in Windows is called StickyKeys.

To activate StickyKeys, press Shift, 5 times in a row.

StickyKeys let you use the Ctrl, Shift, Alt and Windows keys for keyboard shortcuts one key at a time instead of having to hold down two or three keys at once.

If StickyKeys are activated and you click the modifier key twice (Alt, Ctrl, Shift, or Windows logo), it locks the key.

To deactivate StickyKeys, press Shift, 5 times, then click Cancel. You can also deactivate the keyboard shortcut so this doesn't happen again.

To deactivate the keyboard shortcut, follow these steps:

  1. Press Shift 5 times.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. On the Keyboard tab, under StickyKeys, click Settings.
  4. Deselect Use Shortcut.
  5. Click OK.

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Nov 19, 2009
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by: Anonymous

This is helpful for another time, but the problem actually turned out to be Word 'freezing up' and so had disappeared next time I booted up. Bizarrely, before I did so, Word still appeared to work but keyboard shortcuts such as control plus S for save gave me 'change style' instead!
Nov 19, 2009
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I'm glad you were able to solve your problem with rebooting!

I always reboot if something weird is going on unless I suspect a virus is the culprit. (Then I scan and clean before rebooting.)

If this problem continues to occur, you may have an overheating problem or a chip that is beginning to fail.

--Sue

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