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prw8864
01-06-2018, 11:21 PM
I am trying to debug a vba routine.. when i press the F8 key I expect the the debugger to step through the code one line at a time.. when I press F8 it open the system dialog to manage the display .. is there a way to correct this??

offthelip
01-07-2018, 04:46 PM
You have to hold the FN key when selecting one of the function keys to get the VBa functions.
If you are lucky some keyboards have FN Lock facility, this can be activated by a long hold on the FN key, sometimes there is FN lock key ( my samsung laptop has one), sometime you can put fn lock on by selecting FN and NUM lock.

On many computers you can change this setting permanently in the BIOS so thqt you always get the "real" function keys, this does mean you have to go into the control panel for all those laptop control functions.