Project: Can't Use Mouse to Select Items in Dialog Boxes
  
PSS ID Number: Q102684
Article last modified on 11-16-1994
 
1.00 3.00 3.00a
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 1.0, 3.0, 3.0a
 - Microsoft Access versions 1.0 and 1.1
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SYMPTOMS
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If you are using the Cue Card help system included with Microsoft
Access, you may not be able to use the mouse to select items in dialog
boxes in Microsoft Project.
 
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, close the Microsoft Access Cue Cards
before you work in Microsoft Project for Windows.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Project for
Windows versions 1.0, 3.0, and 3.0a. This problem does not occur in later
versions of Microsoft Project..
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Start Microsoft Access
 
2. From the Help menu in Microsoft Access, choose Cue Cards.
 
3. Select any of the Cue Card topics listed (such as Build A Database
   With Tables).
 
4. Press CTRL+ESC to switch to Program Manager. Select Program Manager
   from the task list and choose the Switch To button.
 
5. From Program Manager, start Microsoft Project.
 
6. In Microsoft Project, choose Project Info from the Options menu.
   You will not be able to use the mouse to select anything in the dialog
   box.
 
7. Press ENTER or ESC to return to the project.
 
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
