>Well, it just dawned on me that the Alt key by itself move the focus to the menu bar and back to the current form. Which brings up the question:
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>Why does MS need to use the F10 key to do the same thing?
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>Anybody agree that there is no reason for the F10 key to have this default behavior? I mean I'm always running out of function keys.
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>Anyone know a way to hijack the F10 key and return it to normal Keypress/On Key usage?
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>Peter Robinson

Yes, you can take over F10 with ON KEY LABEL. (DOSish thing to do, but it's still available.)

But to answer your other question, F10 activating the menu bar has been a windows standard (a standard in Windows applications) since Win 3.1. Run Excel, Word, Word Perfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and hit F10. Watch what happens.

HTH,
Rich.