Microsoft KB Archive/127966

Unexpected Behavior with RETURN Key in Task/Resource Form

PSS ID Number: Q127966 Article last modified on 10-20-1995

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MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you edit a note in the Task Form or Resource Form, and you press OK to enter the information, if you then press the RETURN key, the information you entered in the Notes field may be replaced, instead of the default button, Next, being chosen as expected.

= CAUSE =

This behavior occurs because in Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, when you view your project in the Task Form or Resource Form with the Notes field displayed, when the Notes field is active, the RETURN key always creates a carriage return character, or starts a new line in the Notes field. When you choose the OK button to enter a note while the Notes field is active, the note is entered, as expected. However, the text in the Notes field is selected, so that if you press RETURN, even though the Next button is the default button, a carriage return is entered in the Notes field, replacing the text in the Notes field if the text was selected.

This behavior does not occur with any of the other fields in the Task or Resource Form.

= WORKAROUNDS =

To work around this behavior, and to retain the text in the Notes field, after you choose OK to enter the note, choose the Next button to activate the Notes field for the next task in the project.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about Moving In Task Or Resource Forms, choose the Search button in Help and type:

forms: moving in

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: projmac

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