Ctrl+C+C / Ctrl+Ins+Ins Combination and the Office Clipboard

When you use the hot keys Ctrl+Ins+Ins or Ctrl+C+C to translate words from Microsoft Office 2000/XP applications (Word, Outlook, etc.), the Clipboard toolbar may appear. Unfortunately, this toolbar does not always pop-up in the same location in Office 2000/XP applications, which may be inconvenient. However, you can change the behaviour of the Clipboard. 

Microsoft Office 2000

ABBYY Lingvo includes a utility that changes the behaviour of the Clipboard in Microsoft Office 2000 applications. 

This utility prevent the Clipboard from automatically popping up on your screen but retains all of the Clipboard functionality. You can always restore the original behaviour later.

To switch off the Clipboard:

  1. Open the folder where you installed ABBYY Lingvo.
  2. In the Support folder, double-click the file named AutoPopupClipboardToolbarOff.reg.
  3. Click Yes when the program prompts you.

To switch on the Clipboard:

  1. Open the folder where you installed ABBYY Lingvo.
  2. In the Support folder, double-click the file named AutoPopupClipboardToolbarOn.reg.
  3. Click Yes when the program prompts you.

Microsoft Office 2000

In the case of Microsoft Office 2003, ABBYY Lingvo cannot change the behaviour of the Clipboard toolbar. You can, however, turn off the toolbar from within Microsoft Office itself.

To switch on the Clipboard:

  1. On the Clipboard task pane, click Options.
  2. Clear the Show Office Clipboard Automatically check box.
  3. Clear the Show Office Clipboard When Ctrl+C Pressed Twice check box.

Note: To copy items to the Clipboard while it is turned off, select the Collect Without Showing Office Clipboard check box.

Microsoft Office XP

In Microsoft Office XP, you can change the e behaviour of the Clipboard by assigning a different set of keys to the Copy command. If you assign Ctrl+Ins+Ins instead of Ctrl+Ins, no text will be copied to the Clipboard when you press Ctrl+Ins. 

To assign the Ctrl+Ins+Ins combination to the Copy command:

  1. Select Tools>Customize... and click Keyboard...
  2. In the Customize Keyboard dialog box that opens, select Edit in the Categories window and EditCopy in the Commands window.
  3. In the Current keys field, select Ctrl+Ins and then in the Press new shortcut key field enter Ctrl+Insert, Insert by pressing the corresponding buttons on the keyboard.
  4. Click the Assign button.