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Keyboard Shortcut for Split Table
Greetings:
I want to assign the "Split Table" command to a keyboard shortcut. I want to use a combination including "S" if possible, so I want to see what the bindings currently are for the set {CTRL-S, CTRL-SHIFT-S, ALT-S, ALT-SHIFT-S, CTRL-ALT-S, CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-S}. It happens that I know that CTRL-S is "Save Document", and I can try each of the other combinations to see what happens. But this can be a dangerous practice in a live document that I can't afford to mess up. The only other way I can find to check this out is to generate the printed list and check it manually. A tedious and error-prone process to say the least. Is there a better, safer way to determine what command, if any, is currently bound to a shortcut? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Barry Carroll (Cleverly disguised as a trained SW engineer.) --------- Datalogic Scanning, Inc. assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any statements made by me. I'm on my own here. |
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Keyboard Shortcut for Split Table
Choose Tools - Customize - Keyboard, click in the Press New Shortcut Key:
box, then press the key combination of interest. Current assignment is listed to the left under Currently assigned to: To test another, delete the contents of the shortcut box, and press another combination. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Barry" wrote in message ... Greetings: I want to assign the "Split Table" command to a keyboard shortcut. I want to use a combination including "S" if possible, so I want to see what the bindings currently are for the set {CTRL-S, CTRL-SHIFT-S, ALT-S, ALT-SHIFT-S, CTRL-ALT-S, CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-S}. It happens that I know that CTRL-S is "Save Document", and I can try each of the other combinations to see what happens. But this can be a dangerous practice in a live document that I can't afford to mess up. The only other way I can find to check this out is to generate the printed list and check it manually. A tedious and error-prone process to say the least. Is there a better, safer way to determine what command, if any, is currently bound to a shortcut? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Barry Carroll (Cleverly disguised as a trained SW engineer.) --------- Datalogic Scanning, Inc. assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any statements made by me. I'm on my own here. |
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Keyboard Shortcut for Split Table
Yes, there is a safer way. First press the combination
Ctrl+Alt+(keypad +), which changes the mouse cursor to a sort of four-leaf-clover icon. You're now in "what's this?" mode (technically, it's the ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShortcut command). Now press a shortcut you think you want to use. If it's already assigned to something, the Customize Keyboard dialog will pop up with the assigned command shown in the Commands box in the upper right. If it isn't assigned, nothing will happen. You can also use the "clover" pointer to click any menu item or toolbar button to find its command name and whether there's a shortcut assigned to it. If you don't want to change what's shown in the dialog, just click the Close button or press Esc. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:36:00 -0700, Barry wrote: Greetings: I want to assign the "Split Table" command to a keyboard shortcut. I want to use a combination including "S" if possible, so I want to see what the bindings currently are for the set {CTRL-S, CTRL-SHIFT-S, ALT-S, ALT-SHIFT-S, CTRL-ALT-S, CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-S}. It happens that I know that CTRL-S is "Save Document", and I can try each of the other combinations to see what happens. But this can be a dangerous practice in a live document that I can't afford to mess up. The only other way I can find to check this out is to generate the printed list and check it manually. A tedious and error-prone process to say the least. Is there a better, safer way to determine what command, if any, is currently bound to a shortcut? Thanks in advance for your help. |
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Keyboard Shortcut for Split Table
Thank you, Herb. (My, that was easy. I'm embarassed that I had to ask. I
guess that's why I'm a new user.) Best Regards, -- Barry Carroll (Cleverly disguised as a trained SW engineer.) --------- Datalogic Scanning, Inc. assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any statements made by me. I''m entirely on my own here. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Choose Tools - Customize - Keyboard, click in the Press New Shortcut Key: box, then press the key combination of interest. Current assignment is listed to the left under Currently assigned to: To test another, delete the contents of the shortcut box, and press another combination. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Barry" wrote in message ... Greetings: I want to assign the "Split Table" command to a keyboard shortcut. I want to use a combination including "S" if possible, so I want to see what the bindings currently are for the set {CTRL-S, CTRL-SHIFT-S, ALT-S, ALT-SHIFT-S, CTRL-ALT-S, CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-S}. It happens that I know that CTRL-S is "Save Document", and I can try each of the other combinations to see what happens. But this can be a dangerous practice in a live document that I can't afford to mess up. The only other way I can find to check this out is to generate the printed list and check it manually. A tedious and error-prone process to say the least. Is there a better, safer way to determine what command, if any, is currently bound to a shortcut? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Barry Carroll (Cleverly disguised as a trained SW engineer.) --------- Datalogic Scanning, Inc. assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any statements made by me. I'm on my own here. |
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Keyboard Shortcut for Split Table
Thank you, Jay. This is the convenient method I thought should exist but
didn't know about. I used it to assign Alt-S to the "Split Table" function. Surprisingly, though, the Ctrl-Alt-+ technique will not show the custom assignment I just made. when I press Ctrl-Alt-+ and then Alt-S, nothing happens. The other shortcuts still work, but not my new one. Curious. Makes it difficult if I forget what shortcut I used and want to bemind myself. But I still use Herb's method to find out. Thanks again. -- Barry Carroll (Cleverly disguised as a trained SW engineer.) --------- Datalogic Scanning, Inc. assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any statements made by me. I''m entirely on my own here. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Yes, there is a safer way. First press the combination Ctrl+Alt+(keypad +), which changes the mouse cursor to a sort of four-leaf-clover icon. You're now in "what's this?" mode (technically, it's the ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShortcut command). Now press a shortcut you think you want to use. If it's already assigned to something, the Customize Keyboard dialog will pop up with the assigned command shown in the Commands box in the upper right. If it isn't assigned, nothing will happen. You can also use the "clover" pointer to click any menu item or toolbar button to find its command name and whether there's a shortcut assigned to it. If you don't want to change what's shown in the dialog, just click the Close button or press Esc. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:36:00 -0700, Barry wrote: Greetings: I want to assign the "Split Table" command to a keyboard shortcut. I want to use a combination including "S" if possible, so I want to see what the bindings currently are for the set {CTRL-S, CTRL-SHIFT-S, ALT-S, ALT-SHIFT-S, CTRL-ALT-S, CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-S}. It happens that I know that CTRL-S is "Save Document", and I can try each of the other combinations to see what happens. But this can be a dangerous practice in a live document that I can't afford to mess up. The only other way I can find to check this out is to generate the printed list and check it manually. A tedious and error-prone process to say the least. Is there a better, safer way to determine what command, if any, is currently bound to a shortcut? Thanks in advance for your help. |
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