Missing Break Key (Solved)

[Don Wells]

I have an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop, running Windows 7.

The keyboard does not have a Break key identified; at least not that I can find.

Googling unearthed the recommendation that I use Ctr'l + Pause.

My Enter key has "pause" printed in the upper right corner.

I have tried Ctr'l + Enter and Shift + Ctr + Enter but neither will interupt running VBA code.

Can someone offer any help?

Edited to show the solution. Use the ESC key.

[stuck]

Laptops often have a 'Fn' key that you use to access extra functions on keys. Can you see on of them on your HP? If so try that in conjunction with your Enter key.

Ken

[HansV]

Or try Fn+right Shift key.

[Don Wells]

Thanks for the responses Hans, but neither seem to work. The aggravation is compounded by the on board help displaying and discussing a keyboard with a different layout.

[Leif]

Shift/break key won't work in combinations (ctrl+alt+break) - HP Support Forum

Which includes the ominous warning: "Some function keys or keyboard shortcuts do not work correctly on a computer that is running Windows 7."

[HansV]

But the MSKB article links to a HotFix for that problem...

[Don Wells]

Hans
Can you provide a link to that MSKB article?

[stuck]

Hans
Can you provide a link to that MSKB article?

I think you'll find a link to it in the second post of the thread that Leif pointed to.

Ken

[HansV]

Thanks, Ken. That's what I meant.

[Don Wells]

Thank you all for the support.

It has been a long frustrating day; but we eventually solved it. When running VBA, the esc key interrupts the code.