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Subject:Re: Word 7 fields don't update From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:Becca <becca -at- di -dot- org> Date:Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:09:59 -0700
Are you using a keyboard with assignable function keys? Sometimes Fn keys
stick.
Do you get online help if you press F1? If not, try rebooting your system.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Becca <becca_price -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> All of a sudden my Word 7 fields won't update when I press F9. For that
> matter, shift+F3 doesn't change case on a word, so it seems that a lot of my
> special function keys aren't working.
>
> Does anyone know why this would be so? and how can I fix it?
>
> failing that, is there a menu option or toolbar option to force updating
> the fields?
>
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