Conflicts in keyboard shortcuts

I have recently switched from a PC to a Mac. While using MS Word, Shift-F3 is a keyboard shortcut for changing the case of letters. On my iMac this keyboard shortcut seems to be conflicting with another application, probably Expose. I can't figure out how to disable the other shortcut so that I can get this shortcut to work as expected in MS Word. Is there a way I can change this and, perhaps later on, other shortcuts.
Thank you in advance

F3 is used for Spaces and Exposé.
Option-F3 is Spaces.
F3 is Exposé for all windows.
Control-F3 is Exposé for the current application only.
Command-F3 is Exposé for the Desktop.
Shift added to any Exposé function does that function in slow motion, so Shift-F3 is a slow Exposé for all windows.
If you want to use Shift-F3 for some other function, in the "Keyboard" tab of "Keyboard" system preference, check the box "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys". You will then have to hold the Fn key to use F3 for Exposé or Spaces.

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Ward Clark wrote:
Thanks, V.K., for your comments.
I wrote: Enter is accepted, but it's treated the same as Return
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