F9 no longer working

jmt356
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F9 no longer working

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Historically, pressing f9 in Word used to update my ToCs. Now, however, it does nothing. Nor does right alt + f9. Left alt + f9 causes my hidden field codes to be displayed, which is not what I want to achieve. fn + f9 mutes my volume.

In Outlook, f9 used to trigger Send/Receive mail. Now it does nothing. However, right alt + f9 has addressed the issue (but in Outlook only).

How can I restore the functionality of f9 in Word and Outlook?
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JMT

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HansV
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Re: F9 no longer working

Post by HansV »

In Word, select File > Options,
Select Customize Ribbon.
Click the Customize... button next to Keyboard shortcuts, near the bottom.
Scroll down the list of Categories and select All Commands.
Scroll down the list of Commands and select UpdateFields.
When I do this, I see the following:

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What do you get?
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Hans

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Re: F9 no longer working

Post by ChrisGreaves »

jmt356 wrote:
12 Aug 2021, 21:35
Historically, pressing f9 in Word used to update my ToCs....
I usually select the TOC before using F9; Most of the time I use Ctrl-A to Select All the document, and then tap the F9 key. I figure I may as well get everything updated while I'm at it.

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Re: F9 no longer working

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Hans: I see the following:

F9
Alt+Shift+U

This feature spontaneously started working again.
Regards,

JMT