[NFBCS] Outlook 2016 - Why ALT + R works for Reply

[Brad Snyder]

In all Windows versions of Outlook, ALT + R works for Reply, because in earlier versions of Outlook before Ribbons, Outlook had a Toolbar with buttons.  Each button had a label with an underlined letter which acted as a shortcut when access from the keyboard using the ALT key.  Even though the Outlook Toolbar is gone, the Toolbar button shortcut commands remain functional for those who remember them.

Other Outlook Toolbar button commands that can still be used include: ALT + L for Reply All, ALT + F for Forward and ALT + S for Save.  I’m sure there are others, but these are all I remember.

- Brad -


On Aug 20, 2020, at 08:12, Sahar's Beaded Creations via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

I use them, too, and a couple of years ago, I discovered that Alt+R and Alt+Shift+R work, too. why? Who knows? Lol

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:04 AM
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Cc: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>; Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Outlook 2016 thinking text is a command

Hello:

Isn't the reply command in Outlook control r or control shift r? Those are the key commands I use in Outlook 2019, and they work all the time.

Best regards,

Curtis Chong


On Aug 20, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Occasionally, when I try to reply all to an email in Outlook 2016, I get a stupid problem.  I do shift R; it opens a reply message, and, when I try to type, it says "Key not available".  It appears to be trying to interpret what I'm typing as commands, instead of text.  It's quite annoying.  The only solution I've found is to close my reply and try again until it finally lets me write my message.  Sometimes it takes several tries.

Does anyone have a better solution, or a way to stop this happening?

I am using Jaws 2020 and Windows 10.

Thanks.

Tracy



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