Press the key combinations you’d like to assign to the Command.Click in the Press new shortcut key box.

Click into the Commands: section on the right side to set focus.Scroll down the Categories list and select All Commands.The right side shows Commands within the highlighted category. The left side shows Categories, which are your ribbon tabs. The Customize Keyboard dialog box opens.Click the Customize… button next to Keyboard shortcuts.On the Word Options dialog box, click Customize Ribbon.Shortcut Table with Modifiers & Keys How to Create Keyboard Shortcuts in Wordįor this example, I’ll assign a keyboard mapping to the Read Mode command. For instance, the Cut command equates to Ctrl + X. The “shortcut keys” are a combination of the Modifier and Key. A snapshot of the long table appears below. A much longer list appears if you select All Word documents.

On the List Commands dialog box, click Current keyboard settings.Ī long table appears showing the Command Name, Modifiers, and Key.

Type lis to advance the macro name list.

In the Macro name: box above, delete the current macro name.

On the Macros dialog, click in the Macros in: box and select Word commands.

From the drop-down menu, select View Macros.

It will also show your current shortcuts. It includes everything from Save as HTML to Security. This long list will get you thinking of possibilities. Anyway, I just assigned a keyboard shortcut that toggles Reading mode on and off.Īnother approach to finding candidates is to list all the Microsoft Word commands and their keyboard shortcuts. Yes, I know the buttons are in the lower right. Once I clicked to enter Read Mode, the Word ribbon disappeared, and I lost my bearings. In my case, my frustration came from trying to figure out how to exit Read Mode. These are prime candidates if you use them enough. Other commands don’t even show in the Word ribbon or have shortcut keys. You might want to remap it if the key combinations were cumbersome.

Is this command a common task I frequently use?įor example, some commands like All Caps have a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl + Shift + A.

It’s hard for me to tell you which Microsoft Word commands to map to a key combination.

How to Create Keyboard Shortcuts in Word.

Complete List of Word Keyboard Shortcuts.

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