Shoutbox

OMG ITS SO ANNOYING NOW...

im stressed at this damn media essay, and when i talk in wlm, i sometimes put !... with my dodgy keyboard with F1 straight above the ! i hit the both (fat hands! haha)

i never use the damn f1 button, and if i needed help id ask on here!?

can i turn it off

Thanks

i think is not possible to disable F buttons but can i have some help in verification thing answer in my thread please

er.. thanks for the insightful reply. if i could understand your post about verification i may have an idea how to help, but it is barely readable.

get a knife, and pop the F1 key off your keyboard, presto, disabled

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Originally posted by NiteMare
get a knife, and pop the F1 key off your keyboard, presto, disabled

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lmaonaise!

not very aesthetically pleasing though

M73A, I suppose you are writing your essay in Word?

In that case, it is relativly easy to disable it


Method 1: with a macro

This will work for most other keys too (similar things can be done in all other Office programs too, though the macro syntax differs a bit from application to application):

You can make a macro and overwrite the key like that. The macro consists of:

code:

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Sub AutoOpen()
    KeyBindings.Add wdKeyCategoryDisable, "", BuildKeyCode(wdKeyF1)
End Sub

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Put that into a module (which you need to create/add in the VBA for Word editor: Tools > Macro > Visual Basic Editor > Project (whatever) > Right click > Add > Module). Save the document and turn macro's on (if you didn't already), then  restart Word and reopen the document...


Method 2: simply disable F1 in Word all together

Right Click a toolbar > Change > Keyboard (left bottom button) > Category: 'Window and help' > Command: 'Help' > Select the used key in the list (which is F1) > Remove

Close the dialogs by pressing the Close buttons.


Method 3: external apps

Or you could use an external program like AutoHotKey, which does essentially the same, remapping a key by using a macro.