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Shortcuts refer to the combination of keys used to complete repetitive tasks instead of scrolling through various ribbons to achieve the same objective. These shortcuts come in handy when you are working on lengthy tasks and want to move quickly through the basic operations. Excel has many shortcuts that help us accelerate while working on Excel sheets. However, they frustrate users when does not work in the usual order. The main objective of this article is to identify the possible reasons for shortcuts not working in Microsoft Excel and their possible solutions. Issue #1: Excel Shortcut Not Working Because of Media KeysSolution 1: Use Function Key in Combination with Media KeySolution 2: Disable Media keysIssue # 2 Excel Shortcut Keys Not Working Because of Language BarsIssue # 3 Excel Shortcut Not Working Because of Different Keyboard LayoutIssue # 4 Excel shortcut not working on Macbook keyboardIssue # 5 Excel Shortcut not working because the same shortcut is assigned to a macroIssue #1: Excel Shortcut Not Working Because of Media KeysModern computers and laptops come with media keys that let the user control different media functions from the keyboard. These media keys were not included in the traditional 104 keyboards. Furthermore, media keys perform functions like Play, Pause, Next Track, Previous Track, volume Increase, volume Decrease, etc, and are mostly present at the top of the keyboard as highlighted in the below figure.The media keys could be handy when we are watching some videos or movies., etc but on the other

Hand, when we are working in Excel it conflicts with Excel’s shortcut keys. In addition, these keys are set as primary by default. Such as, normally F2 shortcut key is used to edit a cell in Excel but in the presence of media keys pressing F2 decrease the brightness of your screen instead of editing a cell. Similarly, the F11 key is used to open charts in Excel but with media keys on a keyboard, it won’t work. So how to fix it?Solution 1: Use Function Key in Combination with Media KeyThe interference of media keys in the working of Excel shortcuts can be quickly rectified by the addition of a function key to the already known combination of keys. This addition of the function key deactivates the media keys for time being and thus Excel shortcuts will work as if there are no media keys. For instance, in order to edit a cell press Fn + F2 instead of just F2 on the keyboard. similarly to open the chart press Fn +11 instead of just the F11 key.Furthermore, with all media keys press the Fn key this will resolve the problem. The below diagram shows the illustration of editing a cell using Fn + F11Solution 2: Disable Media keysLikewise, if you want to get rid of media keys and don’t want to press the Fn key each time in combination with media keys you can do so too. Just go to your system bios setting and change the Function

Control Using your Vizio Smart TV Below are some tips on using Harmony with your Vizio Smart TV. Once you've added your TV to Harmony and setup is complete, we recommend setting up a Smart TV Activity. Harmony hub‑based products can control select Vizio Smart TVs, and also add additional capabilities. Using the Harmony app Control icon lists commonly used Vizio Smart TV buttons. Gestures allows you to control your Activity using simple swipe gestures over your phone screen. For example, swiping up/down will change your volume. Favorites will display all your Vizio Smart TV channels for easy switching. Voiceand Text entry allows you to control your Vizio Smart TV using your mobile device's keyboard and/or microphone. Supported apps Netflix Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Netflix app. Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Netflix allows you to move a frame forward or backward using the direction left and right arrows. Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.. Hulu Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Hulu app. Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. The Hulu app has an on screen keyboard you navigate using direction keys and does not accept keyboard text entry. YouTube Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the YouTube app. Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. YouTube allows you to navigate between videos using the Skip Forward and Skip Backwards commands. The YouTube app has an on screen keyboard you navigate using direction keys and does not accept keyboard text entry. Amazon Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Amazon app. Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Amazon allows you to move a frame forward or backward using the direction left and right arrows. Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.. Plex Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Plex app. Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, FastForward and Rewind commands work. Plex allows you to move a frame forward or backward using the direction left and right arrows. Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.. Browser Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Browser app. Media Keys are not used within the Browser app. Text entry is possible using Harmony Smart Keyboard or Harmony app. Mouse/Cursor control is possible using Harmony Smart Keyboard. Other apps The behavior of other apps may vary depending on its design. Some apps may require the use of the original Vizio Smart TV remote. These are typically apps that make use of motion control. Customize Control Voice You can use your voice to send commands such as turn on, turn off, and more. Tap What to say

Posts : 70 Windows 7 Professional x64 New 30 Oct 2011 #1 Reassigning Media Keys on Keyboard Hi, im wondering if it is possible to reassign the media keys on my keyboard,i actually only want to change one, the one that opens up windows media player. it is annoying when i press this accidentally and WMP opens because i never use it. i either want to set it so it doesnt open anything when it is pressed or to open up itunes rather than WMP.thank you Posts : 4,466 Windows 10 Education 64 bit New 31 Oct 2011 #2 What make and model keyboard, and do you have the manufacturers software that goes with it installed? For example, Logitechs Setpoint software lets me change what program opens when I press that key on my Logitech keyboard. Failing that you may have to see if you can set iTunes as the default program for audio files and see if windows remaps that key on the keyboard to match it. Posts : 70 Windows 7 Professional x64 Thread Starter New 31 Oct 2011 #3 its on the laptop, sorry should have mentioned that, yeah i have tried setting itunes as default but that didnt change it Posts : 414 win7 ultimate 32bit New 31 Oct 2011 #4 try disabling WMP--since you don't use it--just uncheck it in the box shown in the attached screen capture Posts : 70 Windows 7 Professional x64 Thread Starter New 01 Nov 2011 #5 thanks that does stop anything coming up, annoyingly it disable windows media center when i disable media player. Posts : 4,466 Windows 10 Education 64 bit New 01 Nov 2011 #6 That could be tricky on a laptop. My old Acer Aspire uses a Launcher app to program a couple of special keys for launching a web browser or e-mail app etc. I can reassign those keys. The one key that originally launched the Acer Arcade (which is not installed) now launches Windows Media Center. I haven't figured out how to change that key. I actually use Media Center so I haven't gone out of my way to remap that key. It looks to be a special key that Acer added. For media player I just remapped one of the other media keys. You may have to install similar software for your laptop to get control over those key functions. Windows will I believe give some of the obvious ones default functions. The Home key, e-mail key, volume up down etc all work out of the box on my Logitech keyboard on my desktop PC without installing Setpoint. The super special blue keys don't though, unless you install setpoint. Once Setpoint is installed

None of the previous solutions should work, as the problem is in the ATK Media utility provided by Asus. Instead of emitting keyboard events (like normal media keys), it maps them to specific applications (you can actually change those applications in the registry, see here order and name of applications that it looks for change depending on version and system, but luckily there's an easier fix to enable the use of generic media key events.I just came across the solution for this after some time reading a bunch of sites.Download the rar package from this blog post: the current DMedia.exe process.Go to your ATK Media install folder (normally C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ATK Package\ATK Media) and rename DMedia.exe to DMedia.exe.old (just to be safe).Put DMedia.exe you'll find in the RAR into the ATK Media directory. Double click it to run it, but it gets run at boot anyway.Check if the media keys work as they should. Grab a beer or watch a movie if it works!I just tested it on my Asus U30Jc under Windows 8 Pro 64-bits, and it works great! This tool actually maps generic keyboard events to the media keys in the integrated keyboard, so they work with any application enabled for this (in some cases like Winamp you might need to enable global keys).After enabling hotkeys in VLC media player, it should work with no problems, and with any other media program too (Spotify, Windows Media Player, Winamp, Xbox Music, etc).