Menu hotkeys

I think we discussed this at one time, but I couldn't find it.

The menu names do not have the underlined first letter to allow the use of
the ALT key the way normal Windows applications do it. To use that
functionality, you have to hit the ALT key, release it, then hit F for the
file menu.

I went back to SW2003 and it's the same way there & with 2004. Has it
always been this way? Or is there a setting that I've missed?

WT

 

The menu names do not have the underlined first letter to allow the use of

i think you've missed something, my menu names have underlined letter.
sw 2004 sp4.0, xp sp1

 

I think that's a WindowsXP setting under Control Panel->Display
Properties->Appearance->Effects->"Hide underlined letters for Keyboard
navigation until I press the Alt key"

 

Interesting. I figured out my original question. The issue was that only
the ALT-f was not working and that was because there was a macro assigned to
that key sequence.

But, you say that you can see the underlines all the time? Or just when you
press & release the ALT key?

WT

 

all the time, i believe steve has the answer

 

Yup, that did it. So I did remember reading that somewhere, but I still
don't know where. Oh, well, problem solved - wish they were all this
easy...

WT