How to trap keypress event in MSword using VSTO?

Question

I am new to VSTO VB.Net programming. and I am developing a word application level Addin and want to trap keypress event. I have tried various codes of hooking but none is wo

Answer 1

Your question is a possible duplicate of:

• How to get the "KeyPress" event from a Word 2010 Addin (developed in C#)?
• How to raise an event on MS word Keypress
• Capturing keydown event of MS Word using C#

... however, the answer remains the same: you simply can't :)

In my answer to the last of the questions listed above I explain the reason behind this in a bit more detail, and also covers a possible alternative solution involving the WindowSelectionChange event.