CTRL+C Problem Revisited, Solved
UPDATE: I’ve fixed this problem, scroll down to see how.
The other day I lamented that my version of Microsoft Word has recently lost the ability to cut using Ctrl+C. Instead I get the ever popular, always useful, รก symbol. Today I noticed that Word in fact confirms that Ctrl+C no longer controls the Copy function:
For no discernible reason, Copy is now controlled by the Control+Insert (or Ctrl+Insert) keyboard combination. Why did this change? How do I change it back? This is an unpleasantness.
My brief efforts to Google an answer to this problem were unproductive. The closest thing I could find is a site that explains how to use the Insert key to control the Paste command (rather than Ctrl+V). Close, but no help.
Any ideas?
UPDATE:
Here’s how to fix it. First, go to Tools and choose Customize:
Second, choose Keyboard… (at the bottom):
Finally, for category select Edit, for Commands select EditCopy (or whatever keyboard shortcut is screwed up) and then place a cursor in the “Press new shortcut key” space and then type the command you want to use for the Copy command (in my case Ctrl +C):
That should do it.
September 11th, 2007 at 11:06 am
What what what? I hope this is a quirk of your OS and not the Way of the Future, as MS Word is more or less indispensible in my line of work. I have Word 2002 and it lets me use Ctrl-C. This web page suggests that it could be either one in Word 2002 or Word 2003; the MS knowledge base is not a bad resource if you have the patience for more Web searching.
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September 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
I think it’s just something wrong with my particular version. It changed suddenly and without warning. I didn’t update anything or upgrade anything. Something’s just amiss.
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September 11th, 2007 at 11:48 am
wouldn’t this be useful for other languages? maybe you got an update or a patch for a french version or some merde.
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September 11th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
ummm maybe something’s wrong with your keymap? I don’t know. Check your keyboard layout.
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September 11th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
I was under the impression word was pretty customizable, and that you can change all of those settings somehow. how, i don’t know, but somehow…
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September 12th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I figured out how to fix it.
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September 24th, 2007 at 5:57 am
I have the same problem, PLEASE! How did you fix it?
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February 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
Works for me. Thanks.
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February 27th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I have the same problem – out of nowhere like the first person – and had gone into keyboard and followed the procedure WITH NO LUCK. I just tried again, following instructions to the “T”, but still NO LUCK! If I block a word and press ControlC, the word is deleted and a “c” remains. ControlV still pastes beautifully. Any more ideas please?
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February 27th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I have, unsuccessfully, followed the above advise, to the “T”. Control V works perfectly, Control C deletes the blocked text and replaces it with a “c”. Any more ideas please?
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April 7th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Although I’m using MS Office 2007 it also worked there! Thanks a million!!! I’ve been trying to fix it for 2 hours but you were the only one suggesting the right solution!
Thanks again
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April 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Thank you!!!!
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April 22nd, 2009 at 1:33 am
Thanks for your help.
This problem occurred for me when I wrote a macro in Word and accidentally assigned Ctrl + C as a keyboard shortcut to it.
Your fix solved it, thanks for taking the time to put it online.
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December 17th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Thank you , it’s very usefull for me!
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January 21st, 2010 at 12:59 am
Thanks, that helped.
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March 10th, 2010 at 9:37 am
I have stumbled upon this problem today, and while your solution works, I figured out what CAUSES the problem in the first place.
Apparently when you change the default input language (right click on the language bar -> Settings) to something other than English, MS Office automatically remaps all the shortcuts.
While I prefer to keep the default on English anyway, my folks prefer Russian and it’s kind of a pain in the ass that Word does this.
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