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Some accent shortcut keys not working in Word (but one does!)
Hi, I got an older laptop at work (not crazy old, but used by others) and in Word (Microsoft 365 Apps for Business) two of the three shortcut keys I regularly use to type accented characters don't wo...
In Word, you can (re-)assign keyboard shortcuts to characters through the Symbol dialog box (Insert tab > Symbols group > Symbol > More Symbols. Select the desired character and use the Keyboard Shortcut button.
Stefan_Blom Thanks, but that would mean I'd need to invent a shortcut key for every accented character! I just want the "normal" Ctrl+', [letter], or Chrt-Shift-^, [letter] to work, the way that Ctrl-`, [letter] works. This has worked on every other Word installation I've ever used!
Thanks for the update. I see your point.
I would look into keyboard settings once more, and the regional settings in Windows. Do you see a possible explanation there?
It is maybe a long shot, but you could try a different (physical) keyboard.