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chrisgilpin
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Ctrl-Break on Mac Laptop?

Hey everybody,

I am using Fusion to run Office 2007, in particular Access.

When in Windows if I have an external keyboard plugged in, I can pres Ctrl-Break to stop a current query from running. Because my MacBook does not have the 'Break' key, I was wondering if anyone knew of any solutions of how to map a key to be 'Break'?

Thanks!

-Chris

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shshjun
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i yet need to test myself later when back home, but here is the link:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304270

particular 'break' in windows is mapped to F16 which is not avail on mac built-in keyboard

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benpoole
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For the benefit of anyone Googling this (like me!), whilst I haven't tested this yet my understanding is that Fn-Escape might work for laptop users (F16 is no good as you point out, as we only go to F12)

Update: nope doesn't work. I just use the on-screen keyboard in Windoze to activate the shortcut.

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