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How to best choose short cut keys for an application and how to check conflicts with Office.

I am creating hotkeys for an application in connection with a VSTO Office addin.

I have started with control + alt + F and control + alt + T.  I have a European keyboard so I have a special key Alt-GR which is actually control + alt. In case you are not familiar with this see here.

These have worked well even when Office had focus.  Now suddenly today when I use them the T key combination makes the TM sign and F creates a footnote.  

How did these suddenly get turned on?  Can I turn them off?  How am I supposed to choose keyboard shortcuts that do not conflict with Microsoft?
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Thanks for the reply.  However I would like like to understand control + alt or (AltGR) first as well.

I know in Word Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize I can find shortcuts but how can I find my exact one, or ones that are not taken?

Edit: For example they seem to be assosicated with Normal.dot? Is this right?  How can I programmatically change them?
Here is the link, to check keys before assigning keys for any Add-Ins
I dont have addin express but that link is very interesting.  It is not easy to get addins to handle keyboard input, anyone know what addin express does here?
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yeh that is my guess but love to know.
Thanks