Share via

office 2010 does not automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box

Anonymous
2011-07-18T13:39:30+00:00

After I upgraded to Office 2010 the mouse pointer does not automatically move to the default button in dialog boxes when I close Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. This worked quite well in Office 2007 on the same machine. Without this functionality I have to unnecessarily manually move the mouse pointer to Save, for example.

I am using Win 7 64-bit on a dual core DELL computer.

I have searched the web for solutions but found none. Please fix the problem.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

19 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2011-08-21T19:49:45+00:00

    Nope as I said when submitting my question I had already tried the standard fix of selecting the Snap to button in the mouse control panel. So your answer did not help me solve this on going issue.

    Was this answer helpful?

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2012-04-30T11:31:02+00:00

    Snap to does not work in Excel 2010 on my Windows 7 64 bit (it works with lots of other programs). Clearly a bug which wastes a lot of time, I wish it could be fixed with an update?

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-04T15:15:05+00:00

    This is a long running problem and many people have complained.

    Why can't we get Microsoft to fix this?  It is incredibly frustrating!!

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2011-07-19T14:00:41+00:00

    This behaviour is unacceptable.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2011-07-18T18:33:45+00:00

    This only happens with the Office apps.

    The idea behind Snap to is to minimize hand and finger movements thus reducing the possibility of repetative stress injuries. Having the press the Enter key while one's hand is already on the mouse defeats this purpose.

    I hope there's a solution to this problem.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments