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jatman - 26 May 2008 06:11 GMT
i have a tempalte, that works but has one flaw.  users can use the ctrl c or
ctrl x to copy or cut from one cell to another.  when this happens, the
formatting that is used to reference the cell formulaes is lost.

is it possible to disable the key combinaiton CTRL + C or CTRL + V on a
template?

thank you,

jat
loudfish - 26 May 2008 21:08 GMT
> i have a tempalte, that works but has one flaw.  users can use the ctrl c or
> ctrl x to copy or cut from one cell to another.  when this happens, the
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> jat

Options:

1. Educate your users.

2. Write an empty macro, then assign the keyboard shortcut that is
troubling you to that macro. It should disable the default behaviour.
This will not stop users copying and pasting using the menus, and is
an inferior solution to option 1.

HTH

Andrew
jatman - 27 May 2008 00:09 GMT
i like option #2.  i had to laugh at that one because i can use msgbox to
educate them and get a laugh out of it also.

thanx for reminding me that i can assign macros to CTRL + ...

jat

> > i have a tempalte, that works but has one flaw.  users can use the ctrl c or
> > ctrl x to copy or cut from one cell to another.  when this happens, the
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> Andrew
 
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