Re: Alt+Ctrl Characters
- From: "Tony Jollans" <My forename at my surname dot com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 23:41:39 +0100
That web page is not entirely correct to say that Windows doesn't use Ctrl+Alt as a modifier. There may not be any predefined shortcuts that use it but if you set a shortcut key within Windows yourself (right-click a shortcut on the desktop, say, choose Properties, put your cursor in the Shortcut key box, and press the key you want as a shortcut) Windows will define the shortcut as Ctrl+Alt+the key you choose - and you must use Ctrl+Alt to invoke it - and it will override application settings. This is part of the reason why Ctrl+Alt should be used with caution in applications.
That said, Word is very flexible in what you can do with it in this regard, even if some of its defaults do cause problems in some environments - and some international keyboards do make extensive use of AltGr as a modifier (off the top of my head I think my UK keyboard has just seven such keys, none of which are interefered with by Word).
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Enjoy,
Tony
www.WordArticles.com
"Rodolphe Kreutzer" <RodolpheKreutzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D8BD49FB-A29F-4BB7-AAFB-807A794771D4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Being right-handed, I use modifier keys on the left side. Also, there is no
"AltGr" label on my keyboard, even though my right Alt acts as AltGr.
In any case, the real explanation is that Microsoft Word has monopolized
Ctrl+Alt+"," and similar combinations, as shortcuts to its own functions.
These shortcuts are interfering with international layouts. I found a good
warning against this on an MSDN blog. Maybe Microsoft Word designers should
read it ! :
"Why Ctrl+Alt shouldn't be used as a shortcut modifier
You may have noticed that Windows doesn't use Ctrl+Alt as a keyboard
shortcut anywhere. (Or at least it shouldn't.) If a chorded modifier is
needed, it's usually Ctrl+Shift.
That's because Ctrl+Alt has special meaning on many keyboards. The
combination Ctrl+Alt is also known as AltGr, and it acts as an alternate
shift key. For example, consider the German keyboard layout", etc.
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/29/101121.aspx
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