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===Ctrl+Alt=== Windows interprets {{keypress|Ctrl|Alt}} as {{keypress|AltGr}}, to accommodate some compact keyboards like those of [[netbook]]s which have neither the AltGr key nor a right-hand Alt key. Thus {{keypress|Ctrl|Alt|a}} has the same effect as {{keypress|AltGr|a}}. Because of this feature, Microsoft advises that {{keypress|Ctrl|Alt}} not be used as part of any application keyboard shortcut, as it would prevent typing the matching {{keypress|AltGr}} character on such keyboards.<ref name=Chen>{{cite web|url= https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040329-00/?p=40003 | title = Why Ctrl+Alt shouldn't be used as a shortcut modifier | author = Raymond Chen | date = 29 March 2004 | publisher = Microsoft}}</ref>{{efn|In general the substitution for the AltGr-key with {{keypress|Ctrl|Alt}} works as expected, but in some programs unexpected results can occur. For example in a local MS Outlook 365 installation the key combo {{keypress|Ctrl|Alt}} is not recognized as an AltGr.}}
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