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ctrl break in office 2010, windows 7, hp dv4t laptop
I am running Office 2010 on an HP dv4t laptop with Windows 7. While testing new spreadsheets/databases I've written in Excel/Access, I sometimes need to break out of a process. For example, if an Excel Find command loops endlessly or an Access query never ends, I don't want to kill the application; I just want to kill the Find or the Query by hitting Ctrl-Break, as I used to do on my old Windows XP desktops. Trouble is, there is no "Break" key on my HP laptop. So I tried the Windows 7 onscreen keyboard, but it has no "Break" key either.
I called HP, as I am under warranty. They insisted that no laptop has this key, so they referred me to Microsoft. As this is a problem with an Office application under Windows 7, Microsoft bounced me back and forth between twenty-seven Windows 7 and Office techs for six hours!!! before they referred me back to HP.
I've seen lots of people have posted this question online, but I have found no solution. This effectively renders my Access applications unmodifiable!
Anyone know how to activate a control break using some online application? (I don't want to lug around an external keyboard just for this.)
Thank you.