Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find?

Re:Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find? by oflordal on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @11:03AM (#8036820)

On Swedish versions of Word find is moved to Ctrl+b since the word for bold starts with an f. Can get very annoying when mixing versions.

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Re:Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find? by xorcist on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:05PM (#8038007)

That would be a great question for Raymond Chen! I wonder whoever thought that was a good idea. Anyone who uses a localized Word version is likely to use an English one as well sometime, and the hot keys are completely messed up.

For bonus points, ask about the localized Excel formulas. And date formats! That is so brain freezingly stupid I can not for my life comprehend it. It causes no end of trouble when moving data between versions.

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Re:Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find? by troels on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @03:34PM (#8038504)

Or the localised CSV formats. Yes, they actually localised a file format. Insanity.

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Re:Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find? by hesselink on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:18PM (#8038082)

The localized Excel formulas! Oh, the horror! Who would translate a programming language?

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Re:Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find? by kalleboo on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @03:12PM (#8038377)

Visual Basic for Applications, AppleScript and HyperTalk have all supported different languages at some point...

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Re:Why does Outlook map Ctrl+F to Forward instead of Find? by adl on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:58PM (#8037580)

In the Spanish version, I believe it's Ctl+N. Even as a native speaker it used to trow me off.

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