Customizing keyboard shortcuts
Although your application has preset keyboard shortcuts, you can change them, or add your own shortcuts, to suit your working style. You can assign keyboard shortcuts to the commands and text styles that you use the most, and you can delete keyboard shortcuts. Assigning a keyboard shortcut to a text style lets you quickly change the style of selected text.
You can print a list of keyboard shortcuts. You can also export a list of keyboard shortcuts to the CSV file format — a comma delimited format that is easily opened by word processors and spreadsheet applications.
When you change keyboard shortcuts, the changes are saved in a file called an accelerator table. Your application comes with two accelerator tables which can be customized to suit your work habits:
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Main table — contains all non-text-related shortcut keys
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Text editing table — contains all text-related shortcut keys
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To assign a keyboard shortcut to a command
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Click Tools  Customization. |
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In the Customization list of categories, click Commands.
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Click the Shortcut keys tab.
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Choose a shortcut key table from the Shortcut key table list box.
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Choose a command category from the top list box.
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Click a command in the Commands list.
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The shortcut keys currently assigned to the selected command are displayed in the Current shortcut keys box.
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Click the New shortcut key box, and press a key combination.
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If the key combination is already assigned to another command, that command is listed in the Currently assigned to box.
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If the same keyboard shortcut is already assigned to another command, the second assignment overwrites the first. By enabling the Navigate to conflict on assign check box, you can automatically navigate to the command whose shortcut you reassigned, prompting you to assign a new shortcut.
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You can reset all keyboard shortcuts by clicking Reset all.
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You can view all of the existing keyboard shortcuts by clicking View all.
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To assign a keyboard shortcut to a text style
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Click Tools Customization. |
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In the Customization list of categories, click Commands.
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Click the Shortcut keys tab.
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Choose a shortcut key table from the Shortcut key table list box.
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Choose Apply styles from the top list box.
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Choose a text style from the list.
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The shortcut keys currently assigned to applying the selected style are displayed in the Current shortcut keys box.
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Click the New shortcut key box, and press a key combination.
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If the key combination is already assigned to another command, that command is listed in the Currently assigned to box.
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If the same keyboard shortcut is already assigned to another command, the second assignment overwrites the first. By enabling the Navigate to conflict on assign check box, you can automatically navigate to the command whose shortcut you reassigned, prompting you to assign a new shortcut.
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You can all reset keyboard shortcuts by clicking Reset all.
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To delete a keyboard shortcut
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Click Tools Customization. |
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In the Customization list of categories, click Commands.
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Click the Shortcut keys tab.
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Choose a shortcut key table from the Shortcut key table list box.
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Choose a command category from the top list box.
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Click a command in the Commands list.
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Click a shortcut key in the Current shortcut keys box.
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To print keyboard shortcuts
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Click Tools Customization. |
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In the Customization list of categories, click Commands.
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Click the Shortcut keys tab.
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To export a list of keyboard shortcuts
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Click Tools Customization. |
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In the Customization list of categories, click Commands.
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Click the Shortcut keys tab.
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Choose the folder where you want to save the file.
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Type a filename in the File name box.
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Customizing keyboard shortcuts