Microsoft KB Archive/884456

= Not all keyboard shortcuts that are specified in Help work as expected in Office 2003 programs =

Article ID: 884456

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you have the French language, Canadian or French dialects, selected as your default input language in the Regional and Language Settings, not all the keyboard shortcuts that are specified in Help work as expected in Microsoft Office 2003 programs. Additionally, when you try to use some of the keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Office Excel 2003, you receive one of the following error messages:

Cannot show outline symbols because no outline exits on the active worksheet.

Create an outline? No cells were found.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the keyboard layouts are different under the French language, Canadian or French dialects, from the standard English (U.S.) keyboard layout.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that function and the keyboard shortcuts that do not function under the following three different languages:
 * French (Canada)
 * French (France)
 * English (U.S.)

English version of the Excel formatting shortcuts
Additional query words: off2003 off2k3 xl2003 xl2k3 ppt2003 ppt2k3 wd2003 wd2k3

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbprb KB884456

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