Microsoft KB Archive/62093

MacroAssignToKey Cannot Use All Key Combinations

PSS ID Number: Q62093 Article last modified on 05-14-1991

1.00 MS-DOS

Summary: Under the MacroAssignToKey command, Pages 66-67 of the “Microsoft Word for Windows Technical Reference” state that you can “assign a macro to any key or key combination.” It then lists a keycode for almost every key on the keyboard. Although this implies that every key in that list is available for use through the MacroAssignToKey command, there are some key combinations that are already assigned by default to macros that CANNOT be unassigned or reassigned. The following key combinations cannot be reassigned:

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Additional Keywords: w4wmacro