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Shawn Bever (Pneuma Solutions Staff): Notepad menus not accessible with System Access in Windows 11 24H2

In the most recent version of Windows 11, the menu for notepad is not accessible when using System Access. If you attempt to access the menu by pressing the Alt key or another key combination like Alt + F, E, or V, focus will get stuck in the menu and it won't be accessible. The following work-arounds should allow you to continue using Notepad until this issue is resolved, but you may also want to check the Microsoft Store periodically to check for an update to notepad:

The following steps will return focus to an open document if you get stuck in the menu:

1. If you have more than 1 document open in Notepad, pressing Control + Tab should bring focus back to the document tabs. Pres this key combination repeatedly to return focus to the desired document.
2. if you only have one document open, press Control + N to open a new blank document, then press Control + W to close the new document without saving it. Focus should return to your document.

To access the items located in the Notepad menu without opening the menus, refer to the following list of keyboard command for Notepad:

File Menu

• New tab — Ctrl + N
• New window — Ctrl + Shift + N
• Open… — Ctrl + O
• Save — Ctrl + S
• Save As… — Ctrl + Shift + S
• Save All… — Ctrl + Alt + S
• Print… — Ctrl + P
• Close tab — Ctrl + W
• Close Window — Ctrl + Shift + W
• Exit Notepad — Alt + F4

Edit Menu

• Undo — Ctrl + Z
• Redo — Ctrl + Y (in many builds, Ctrl + Shift + Z also works)
• Cut — Ctrl + X
• Copy — Ctrl + C
• Paste — Ctrl + V
• Delete — Delete
• Find… — Ctrl + F
• Find next — F3
• Find previous — Shift + F3
• Replace… — Ctrl + H
• Go to… — Ctrl + G
• Select all — Ctrl + A
• Time/Date — F5

View Menu

• Word wrap - No keyboard command
• Zoom in — Ctrl + +
• Zoom out — Ctrl + -
• Restore default zoom (100%) — Ctrl + 0
• Status bar - No keyboard command

Other Useful Commands

• Next tab — Ctrl + Tab
• Previous tab — Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Shawn

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