Microsoft KB Archive/48038

= Mac Adm: Special/Reserved Keys for User Names =

Article ID: 48038

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for Appletalk Networks 3.0
 * Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.0a
 * Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.0b
 * Microsoft Mail for Appletalk Networks 3.1
 * Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.1a
 * Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.1c

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This article was previously published under Q48038



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Mail, you cannot use some of the keys on your keyboard to type a user name. These keys and combinations of keys are interpreted by Mail as commands to do some specific action.

For example, the ESC key in the upper-left corner of your keyboard closes most of the windows in Mail.

The following characters/keys are not allowed as part of a user name:

ESC

CLEAR

COMMAND

OPTION

SHIFT

CTRL

DELETE on the regular keyboard

TAB

Direction arrows

The following characters/keys are allowed as part of a user name:

Function keys F1 - F15

PGUP

PGDN

HOME

END

DEL (located between the regular keyboard and numeric keypad on an extended keyboard)

Note that many of these keys are available only on the standard and extended Macintosh keyboards.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.00b 3.10 3.10a 3.10c

Keywords: KB48038

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