Media keys

Hand, when we are working in Excel it conflicts with Excel’s shortcut keys. In addition, these keys are set as primary by default. Such as, normally F2 shortcut key is used to edit a cell in Excel but in the presence of media keys pressing F2 decrease the brightness of your screen instead of editing a cell. Similarly, the F11 key is used to open charts in Excel but with media keys on a keyboard, it won’t work. So how to fix it?Solution 1: Use Function Key in Combination with Media KeyThe interference of media keys in the working of Excel shortcuts can be quickly rectified by the addition of a function key to the already known combination of keys. This addition of the function key deactivates the media keys for time being and thus Excel shortcuts will work as if there are no media keys. For instance, in order to edit a cell press Fn + F2 instead of just F2 on the keyboard. similarly to open the chart press Fn +11 instead of just the F11 key.Furthermore, with all media keys press the Fn key this will resolve the problem. The below diagram shows the illustration of editing a cell using Fn + F11Solution 2: Disable Media keysLikewise, if you want to get rid of media keys and don’t want to press the Fn key each time in combination with media keys you can do so too. Just go to your system bios setting and change the Function

Shortcuts refer to the combination of keys used to complete repetitive tasks instead of scrolling through various ribbons to achieve the same objective. These shortcuts come in handy when you are working on lengthy tasks and want to move quickly through the basic operations. Excel has many shortcuts that help us accelerate while working on Excel sheets. However, they frustrate users when does not work in the usual order. The main objective of this article is to identify the possible reasons for shortcuts not working in Microsoft Excel and their possible solutions. Issue #1: Excel Shortcut Not Working Because of Media KeysSolution 1: Use Function Key in Combination with Media KeySolution 2: Disable Media keysIssue # 2 Excel Shortcut Keys Not Working Because of Language BarsIssue # 3 Excel Shortcut Not Working Because of Different Keyboard LayoutIssue # 4 Excel shortcut not working on Macbook keyboardIssue # 5 Excel Shortcut not working because the same shortcut is assigned to a macroIssue #1: Excel Shortcut Not Working Because of Media KeysModern computers and laptops come with media keys that let the user control different media functions from the keyboard. These media keys were not included in the traditional 104 keyboards. Furthermore, media keys perform functions like Play, Pause, Next Track, Previous Track, volume Increase, volume Decrease, etc, and are mostly present at the top of the keyboard as highlighted in the below figure.The media keys could be handy when we are watching some videos or movies., etc but on the other

December 4, 2017 If you recently bought a new computer, and your function keys are not working, it’s likely that they are reversed, broken, flipped, or whatever you want to call it.The point is, your keys are the opposite of they way you want them, and it’s a big deal…I almost returned a BRAND NEW computer that I loved because my Function keys were not working the way I wanted them to work.This is also a classic reason why you might think that your keyboard shortcuts aren’t working. To see a full list of reasons and how to fix them, see our guide here. F1-F12 as function keys or media keys? Most new laptop computers and laptops start out with dominate media keys. That means that when you try to use your F1 to F12 function keys, the media key function launches. Things like screen brighness, volume, mute, etc.To see which set of keys is currently dominant as your F1 through F12 keys, rye this:Fire up PowerPoint, Word, or ExcelHit F1 key on your keyboard (only touch the F1 key)See what pops up If you get the Help menu, your Function keys are dominant (my personal preference and setup). This means that there is no action required on your end. Your function keys are active.If on the other hand the mute or unmute computer action takes place, that means that your media keys are dominat (and probably why you are reading this blog post). Before You Switch Your Function Keys...

None of the previous solutions should work, as the problem is in the ATK Media utility provided by Asus. Instead of emitting keyboard events (like normal media keys), it maps them to specific applications (you can actually change those applications in the registry, see here order and name of applications that it looks for change depending on version and system, but luckily there's an easier fix to enable the use of generic media key events.I just came across the solution for this after some time reading a bunch of sites.Download the rar package from this blog post: the current DMedia.exe process.Go to your ATK Media install folder (normally C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ATK Package\ATK Media) and rename DMedia.exe to DMedia.exe.old (just to be safe).Put DMedia.exe you'll find in the RAR into the ATK Media directory. Double click it to run it, but it gets run at boot anyway.Check if the media keys work as they should. Grab a beer or watch a movie if it works!I just tested it on my Asus U30Jc under Windows 8 Pro 64-bits, and it works great! This tool actually maps generic keyboard events to the media keys in the integrated keyboard, so they work with any application enabled for this (in some cases like Winamp you might need to enable global keys).After enabling hotkeys in VLC media player, it should work with no problems, and with any other media program too (Spotify, Windows Media Player, Winamp, Xbox Music, etc).