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Why won't my up and down arrows work in Onenote 2007?

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Joshfez

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Sep 13, 2007, 8:16:01 PM9/13/07
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When I'm inside a textbox in Onenote, my up and down arrows are completely
useless to move up or down between lines of text. The left and right arrows
work fine , and the up an down arrows work fine in Word 2007, Excel 2007,
etc, just not Onenote. The best I can do is hold ctrl while I am using the up
or down arrows and this will move the cursor to the beginning of the line,
then scroll up and down through the lines, but a simple up arrow and down
arrow do not work. How can I fix this?
Also, "NumLock" and Scroll Lock do not help the problem

Ben M. Schorr, MVP

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Sep 15, 2007, 1:31:20 PM9/15/07
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Odd, works fine for me. Have you tried repairing OneNote (Control Panel |
Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft OneNote (or Office)...)


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Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm


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Joshfez

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Sep 15, 2007, 2:34:01 PM9/15/07
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Yeah, Just tried it last night -- made no difference at all.
Thanks for the suggestion, though!

Ben M. Schorr, MVP

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Sep 15, 2007, 3:02:09 PM9/15/07
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What kind of computer are you using it on? What OS?


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Erik Sojka (MVP)

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Sep 15, 2007, 3:42:32 PM9/15/07
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Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down move the cursor to the beginning of the line?

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Joshfez

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Sep 15, 2007, 4:42:01 PM9/15/07
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I'm working on a Dell Inspiron E1405 laptop with Windows XP SP2. I previously
had MS Office 2002, then downloaded and installed 2007. I didn't have Onenote
before this.

Joshfez

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Sep 15, 2007, 4:44:02 PM9/15/07
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The first time I hit it, it moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Each subsequent time, it moves up or down between paragraphs. I thought it
moved between lines, but this was because all of my lines were really
one-line paragraphs. I have seen since then that Ctrl-Up/Down moves me
between the beginning of each paragraph (after first moving me to the
beginning of the line I'm on)

Ed Elliott

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Nov 21, 2011, 9:49:49 AM11/21/11
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I recently recognized the same problem with OneNote on my Win7 64-bit desktop (custom build with Asus P5N32-E SLI MB) and Win7 64-bit laptop (Lenovo X201t). Up Arrow and Down Arrow on the main keyboard have no effect (no movement at all). The Numpad Up Arrow and Down Arrow work correctly. I don't know when this problem started as I use OneNote infrequently; I cannot be 100% confident that it ever worked correctly.

My solution was to install the following code into the custom startup AutoHotKey script which is installed on all of my PC's:

SetTitleMatchMode 2 ; Windows title can just contain the desired string; it does not have to start with the desired string

; ================== Microsoft OneNote ========================================
#IfWinActive Microsoft Office OneNote
; various attempts to fix the fact the the up & down arrows on the main keyboard do not work, while the up & down arrows on the numpad do work
;vk26sc148::send {vk26sc048} ; Does not work. main keyboard up arrow > numpad up arrow
;vk26sc148::send {VK_UP} ; Does not work. main keyboard up arrow > numpad up arrow
;vk26sc148::sendPlay {vk26sc048} ; Does not work. main keyboard up arrow > numpad up arrow
;vk26sc148::sendraw {NUMPAD_UP} ; Does not work. main keyboard up arrow > numpad up arrow
;UP::send {NUMPAD_UP} ; Does not work. Is invoked from main keyboard up arrow but send does not work
UP::sendplay {vk26sc048} ; Works! main keyboard up arrow > numpad up arrow (note that send & sendInput did not work)
;UP::sendplay {NUMPAD_UP} ; Does not work.

;vk28sc150::send {vk28sc050} ; Does not work. main keyboard down arrow > numpad down arrow
;vk28sc150::send {VK_DOWN} ; Does not work. main keyboard down arrow > numpad down arrow
;vk28sc150::sendPlay {vk28sc050} ; Does not work. main keyboard down arrow > numpad down arrow
;vk28sc150::sendraw {NUMPAD_DOWN} ; Does not work. main keyboard down arrow > numpad down arrow
;DOWN::send {NUMPAD_DOWN} ; Does not work. Is invoked from main keyboard down arrow but send does not work
DOWN::sendplay {vk28sc050} ; Works! main keyboard down arrow > numpad down arrow (note that send & sendInput did not work)
;DOWN::sendplay {NUMPAD_DOWN} ; Does not work.
#IfWinActive ; end OneNote
; END END END ====== Microsoft OneNote ========================================

The lines starting with ; are comments. I retained my failed attempts to save time for those who might decide to tweak the code.

I did not try a repair install or uninstall/reinstall.

> On Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:16 PM Joshfe wrote:

> When I'm inside a textbox in Onenote, my up and down arrows are completely
> useless to move up or down between lines of text. The left and right arrows
> work fine , and the up an down arrows work fine in Word 2007, Excel 2007,
> etc, just not Onenote. The best I can do is hold ctrl while I am using the up
> or down arrows and this will move the cursor to the beginning of the line,
> then scroll up and down through the lines, but a simple up arrow and down
> arrow do not work. How can I fix this?
> Also, "NumLock" and Scroll Lock do not help the problem


>> On Saturday, September 15, 2007 1:31 PM Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

>> Odd, works fine for me. Have you tried repairing OneNote (Control Panel |
>> Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft OneNote (or Office)...)
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Ben-
>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>> http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm
>>
>>
>> "Joshfez" <Jos...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F982F9A0-CC5F-4AE8...@microsoft.com...


>>> On Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:34 PM Joshfe wrote:

>>> Yeah, Just tried it last night -- made no difference at all.
>>> Thanks for the suggestion, though!
>>>
>>> "Ben M. Schorr, MVP" wrote:


>>>> On Saturday, September 15, 2007 3:02 PM Ben M. Schorr, MVP wrote:

>>>> What kind of computer are you using it on? What OS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> -Ben-
>>>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>>>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>>>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>>>> http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm


>>>>> On Saturday, September 15, 2007 3:42 PM Erik Sojka (MVP) wrote:

>>>>> Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down move the cursor to the beginning of the line?


>>>>>> On Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:42 PM Joshfe wrote:

>>>>>> I am working on a Dell Inspiron E1405 laptop with Windows XP SP2. I previously
>>>>>> had MS Office 2002, then downloaded and installed 2007. I did not have Onenote
>>>>>> before this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ben M. Schorr, MVP" wrote:


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