I have had to replace my keyboard on my dell laptop and find that when I go
to type a new message that after I type in the subject and hit my tab key
that it does not bring me down into the message body. Is there a function
that I can set to fix this or is this with the keyboard?

Thanks,
lbug

Sounds like a bad keyboard to me unless it is an exotic keyboard with multi
function settings. Either way, there isn't any setting in OE that will
change it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"richard p litter" wrote in message
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I have had to replace my keyboard on my dell laptop and find that when I go
to type a new message that after I type in the subject and hit my tab key
that it does not bring me down into the message body. Is there a function
that I can set to fix this or is this with the keyboard?

Thanks,
lbug

"richard p litter" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I have had to replace my keyboard on my dell laptop and find that when I go
to type a new message that after I type in the subject and hit my tab key
that it does not bring me down into the message body. Is there a function
that I can set to fix this or is this with the keyboard?


What happens when you Tab? What happens when you Backtab
(Shift-Tab)?

One possibility you should be aware of is that sometimes the modifier
keys "stick" E.g. if one of the Shift- keys was sticking and you pressed
Tab you would actually see a Backtab carried out. Do enough of those
and you could end up where you expected to go by doing a Forward Tab.
Similarly, other modifier keys e.g. Alt- or Ctrl- could be "sticking" either
separately or in combination making your keyboard entry unsuccessful.

Unsticking stuck modifier keys usually involves using the same type of
modifier from the opposite side of the keyboard. E.g. if RightShift-
seemed to be stuck you could try "unsticking" it by pressing and releasing
LeftShift-. Etc.



Thanks,
lbug


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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