Disable Backspace Key in Word 1

[JimRich]

How can I disable the backspace key in MS Word 2000?

I teach kid how to type and they are frustring themselves using the backspace key.

I need to be able to toggle it.

 

[venkman]

If you have some programming expertise, I bet there's some vba code that captures what keys are typed in Word.

-Venkman

 

[JimRich]

No doubt you are right.

 

[SF0751]

Just my 2 cents - don't disable it. Teach them how/when to use the backspace key correctly. No matter where they go, or what systems they use in the future, there will always be a backspace key on the keyboard.

Susan
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. - Mark Twain

 

[JimRich]

Susan, you are right. I do teach them to use it correctly. However, they also use it during timed writings and it is slowing them down.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[venkman]

I changed my mind, I don't see a way to do it.
Sorry,
Venkman

 

[SF0751]

......I wish my typing instructor had been as nice as you are.......

Susan
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. - Mark Twain

 

[carrr]

Jim,
I don't know of any easy way to disable the backspace, as it's a keyboard function, not one in Word. But...if I were in your shoes, right before the timed tests, I'd pull out my pocket knife, screwdriver, whatever, and pop the backspace keys off their keyboards. Highly unsophisticated, but hey... If they want to take the time to fish their little fingers all the way down to the button, then their score's really going to suffer.

 

[venkman]

Carrr, brilliant out-of-the-box thinking. I don't know about Jim, but I'm giving you a star.

 

[JimRich]

Carr, I've done that in the past for a few of the worst ones, but those things are a pain to put back on. My lab has 30 computers.

Thanks all
Jim