Microsoft KB Archive/64340

Word: Cannot Move to Form Fields Under OS/2

PSS ID Number: Q64340 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 6.00

OS/2 | 1.20 1.30

= SUMMARY =

The feature that allows you to move to form field markers by pressing CTRL+> (next field) or CTRL+< (previous field) may not function when running Word under OS/2 version 1.20. This feature does work with OS/2 1.10 and functions normally when running Word under DOS. The feature also works correctly if Word is started in the DOS box of OS/2 version 1.20.

A workaround is to use the safe key macro in SAFEKEYB.GLY by pressing CTRL+N, F to go to the next field and CTRL+P, F to go to the previous field.

Word 5.00 users will experience the same problems when using OS/2 1.30 as when using OS/2 1.2x.

This problem was corrected in Word 5.50 for both versions of OS/2. In addition, Word 5.50 has new CUA (common user access) compliant keys for moving among fields. They are ALT+F1 to move to the next field and ALT+SHIFT+F1 to move to the previous field.

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