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Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2014/09/02 07:16

Doesn't seem to be working here. Nothing happens.

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[quote=jan_rifkinson]

Doesn't seem to be working here. Nothing happens.

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Do you have costom shortcuts Jan?

If not,

you could try reverting to default shortcuts and see if it works then

Tools >Keyboard shortcuts >Customise etc

As Tom said.

You could also have a look at your custom shortcuts. And backup them (save them under another name).

If things go "bad", you can always reload them. (Tools->Keyboard shortcuts etc.)

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Windows 8.1

Sony Vaio S Series 13 (SVS131E21L)

Ram:8gb, CPU: Intel i5-3230M, 2.6ghz

I was wondering what it is that Ctrl + Shift + D is supposed to do. Looked in the documentation, couldn't find anything. Tried it out in IQ, and a dialog box pops up to look up a term at dictionary.com. The box where you enter a term to look up is empty - you have to fill it in. Why not just go to a web browser and search te term instead? I might be missing something.

I don't think that it's supposed to do anything. In my previous answer, I just supposed Jan had this as custom shortcut.

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Windows 8.1

Sony Vaio S Series 13 (SVS131E21L)

Ram:8gb, CPU: Intel i5-3230M, 2.6ghz

I wasn't familiar with it either, but had a look here:

menu: Tools >Keyboard Shortcuts >View all...

and found these:

1337    Ctrl+Shift+G    Search Engine 1
1338    Ctrl+Shift+W    Search Engine 2
1341    Ctrl+Shift+D    Search Engine 3

so I guess the advantage is being able to select the search engine.

(I saved that shortcut list to a spreadsheet for (possible) future use.)

Does <CTRL><SHFT>+L work for anyone?

Jan

W8.1, Res 2048 x 452, 125%

[quote=jan_rifkinson]

Does <CTRL><SHFT>+L work for anyone?

Jan

W8.1, Res 2048 x 452, 125%

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what should that one do?

CTRL+D inserts the current date.

SHIFT+CTRL+L toggles between short and long date formats

(not sure why this shortcut was created though, as it is a bit "esoteric" !)

That's actually a nice one to learn - and it works here FWIW

Before: 2014-09-06 (system default date)

After: 06 September 2014

Hmmmm. Tom tell me how you tested this. I can't seem to get it to work here. Maybe I have a sticky keyboard......

Is there a shortcut for inserting the time only?

Jan

W8.1, Res 2048 x 452, 125%

Hi Jan

Pierre gives the shortcut above for inserting date (I think it's Ctrl+D)

I tried Ctrl+D in a cell in edit-mode: it inserted the system default, 2014-etc.
Then pressed the shortcut for changing it: Ctrl+Shift+L (not sure if cell was still in edit mode), and
tried step one again - result was now the long date

Win8.1 x64 installed IQ pre-rel32

Thanks Tom. So far I can't get the <CTRL><SHFT>+L working but I'll keep trying. (Nothing happens)

Jan

W8.1, Res 2048 x 452, 125%

Did you ever do this:

[quote=Tom][quote=jan_rifkinson]Doesn't seem to be working here. Nothing happens.

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Do you have custom shortcuts Jan?

If not,

you could try reverting to default shortcuts and see if it works then

Tools >Keyboard shortcuts >Customise etc

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or the other suggestion to 'print' (to text file) all your shortcuts and check if it's listed?

In Tools > Internet Search you have the possibility to send a search string to 4 pages.

The 4 pages are defined in Tools > Options > General > Other

The default pages are Google, Wikipedia and an online dictionary

HTH !