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Old October 9th, 2009, 12:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.general
Microwave Mike[_2_]
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Default why change the keyboard shortcuts between Office 2003 & 2007??

Please, before I freak out, explain why it was necessary to change the
keyboard shortcuts between Office 2003 & 2007? Is there program support to
allow advanced users to continue using their existing skills, or is there
some kind of evil plot to make everything harder for loyal users?

For example, in Outlook, "Insert Signature" used to be Alt+I, S...now it's
Alt+N, G...how does that make any sense? and since I and S aren't even being
used, why change it?

Why must Undo change from Alt+E, U (duh, Edit Undo) to Ctl-Z?

Seriously, wtf?

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Old October 9th, 2009, 08:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.general
N. Miller
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Default why change the keyboard shortcuts between Office 2003 & 2007??

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:17:01 -0700, Microwave Mike wrote:

Please, before I freak out, explain why it was necessary to change the
keyboard shortcuts between Office 2003 & 2007? Is there program support to
allow advanced users to continue using their existing skills, or is there
some kind of evil plot to make everything harder for loyal users?

For example, in Outlook, "Insert Signature" used to be Alt+I, S...now it's
Alt+N, G...how does that make any sense? and since I and S aren't even being
used, why change it?

Why must Undo change from Alt+E, U (duh, Edit Undo) to Ctl-Z?

Seriously, wtf?


I've always used a toolbar button for adding signatures (never used Outlook,
though). There doesn't seem to be any uniformity for the email clients I do
use.

I've been using Ctl-Z for undoing edits in most every application for years.
If I had started using Outlook from versions earlier than 2007, I'd have
been confused. Until I got used to the difference.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general


Sorry, but I am not a "Webbie". I use a news client. No buttons to click,
and I don't particularly see why I should open a browser for anything as
unimportant (to me) as this.

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Norman
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Old October 9th, 2009, 07:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.general
Microwave Mike[_2_]
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Default why change the keyboard shortcuts between Office 2003 & 2007??

With another day under my belt with Office 2007, I'm even more dismayed. The
"access keys" (i.e. keyboard shortcuts) for Word, Excel and PowerPoint are
largely unchanged. For example, "Alt+E, U" is still consistently "Undo" for
all of them. Just...somebody apparently thought it made sense to let Outlook
now be inconsistent with the rest of Office. I do not get it. ~ Mike

"N. Miller" wrote:

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:17:01 -0700, Microwave Mike wrote:

Please, before I freak out, explain why it was necessary to change the
keyboard shortcuts between Office 2003 & 2007? Is there program support to
allow advanced users to continue using their existing skills, or is there
some kind of evil plot to make everything harder for loyal users?

For example, in Outlook, "Insert Signature" used to be Alt+I, S...now it's
Alt+N, G...how does that make any sense? and since I and S aren't even being
used, why change it?

Why must Undo change from Alt+E, U (duh, Edit Undo) to Ctl-Z?

Seriously, wtf?


I've always used a toolbar button for adding signatures (never used Outlook,
though). There doesn't seem to be any uniformity for the email clients I do
use.

I've been using Ctl-Z for undoing edits in most every application for years.
If I had started using Outlook from versions earlier than 2007, I'd have
been confused. Until I got used to the difference.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general


Sorry, but I am not a "Webbie". I use a news client. No buttons to click,
and I don't particularly see why I should open a browser for anything as
unimportant (to me) as this.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

 




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