diff --git a/win/win32/mhmenu.c b/win/win32/mhmenu.c
index b541af305..c8d71b4e6 100644
--- a/win/win32/mhmenu.c
+++ b/win/win32/mhmenu.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,21 @@ onListChar(HWND hWnd, HWND hwndList, WORD ch)
 
     data = (PNHMenuWindow) GetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
 
+    is_accelerator = FALSE;
+    for (i = 0; i < data->menu.size; i++) {
+        if (data->menu.items[i].accelerator == ch) {
+            is_accelerator = TRUE;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Don't use switch if input matched an accelerator.  Sometimes
+     * accelerators can conflict with menu actions.  For example, when
+     * engraving the extra choice of using fingers matches MENU_UNSELECT_ALL.
+     */
+    if (is_accelerator)
+        goto accelerator;
+
     switch (ch) {
     case MENU_FIRST_PAGE:
         i = 0;
@@ -1402,6 +1417,7 @@ onListChar(HWND hWnd, HWND hwndList, WORD ch)
         }
     } break;
 
+    accelerator:
     default:
         if (strchr(data->menu.gacc, ch)
             && !(ch == '0' && data->menu.counting)) {
@@ -1450,14 +1466,6 @@ onListChar(HWND hWnd, HWND hwndList, WORD ch)
             return -2;
         }
 
-        is_accelerator = FALSE;
-        for (i = 0; i < data->menu.size; i++) {
-            if (data->menu.items[i].accelerator == ch) {
-                is_accelerator = TRUE;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
         if ((ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') || (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z')
             || is_accelerator) {
             if (data->how == PICK_ANY || data->how == PICK_ONE) {