Microsoft KB Archive/95639

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PRB: Edit Menu Commands Unavailable in Design View
'Article ID: Q95639

Creation Date: 18-FEB-1993

Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996' The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

The Cut, Copy, and Delete commands on the Edit menu are not available if you select multiple fields of a table in Design view while you are pressing the CTRL key.

CAUSE

If you drag the mouse pointer on the row selectors to select multiple fields, you create a contiguous selection. However, if you press the CTRL key while you click the mouse pointer on the row selectors to select multiple fields, you create a noncontiguous selection. The Cut, Copy, and Delete commands are unavailable for noncontiguous selections even if the fields you select are contiguous.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior


 * 1) Open a table in Design view.
 * 2) Select several fields by dragging the mouse pointer on the row selectors.
 * 3) Open the Edit menu. Note that the Cut, Copy, and Delete commands are available.
 * 4) Close the Edit menu.
 * 5) Select the same fields again by clicking the row selectors while holding down the CTRL key.
 * 6) Open the Edit menu again. Note that the Cut, Copy, and Delete commands are now unavailable.
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