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Word Styles - keyboard shortcuts
Hello,
Since OfficeXP, the styles in Word seem to want to be selected using the mouse. In Word2000, for example, when changing the styles, I could simply press ALT + O, S (to activate the Styles from the Format menu), and then the first letter of the style I wanted to apply - very efficient - hands don't leave keyboard. Now, in OfficeXP and Office 2003, this efficiency is gone - you must leave the keyboard and use the mouse to select styles. Is there any way to go BACK to the more efficient method? Thanks, Tom McCray |
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You can use ALT-O,S and the up and down arrows. And you can assign keyboard
shortcuts to specific styles, as you always could.Ctrl-Alt-1/2/3... for the heading styles, Ctrl-Shift-N for normal, etc. (Been using these for so long I can't remember whether they are built-in or my own customizations.) "Tom" wrote in message ... Hello, Since OfficeXP, the styles in Word seem to want to be selected using the mouse. In Word2000, for example, when changing the styles, I could simply press ALT + O, S (to activate the Styles from the Format menu), and then the first letter of the style I wanted to apply - very efficient - hands don't leave keyboard. Now, in OfficeXP and Office 2003, this efficiency is gone - you must leave the keyboard and use the mouse to select styles. Is there any way to go BACK to the more efficient method? Thanks, Tom McCray |
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This works in Office 2003 Ctrl-Shift-S puts me in the styles drop down. If
you have a custom toolbar with the Styles window, though, you'll need a macro to assign to the shortcut. The macro I use is: Sub MyStyleDropDown() ' from Klaus Linke on newsgroups ' 2003 December 12 ' Needed for custom toolbar - not built-in toolbar ' Dim myCBCB As CommandBarComboBox Set myCBCB = _ CommandBars.FindControl(id:=1732, _ Visible:=True) If myCBCB Is Nothing Then Dialogs(wdDialogFormatStyle).Show Else SendKeys "{ENTER}" myCBCB.SetFocus End If End Sub This moves the focus to the dropdown window and lets you type in the name of a style. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Tom" wrote in message ... Hello, Since OfficeXP, the styles in Word seem to want to be selected using the mouse. In Word2000, for example, when changing the styles, I could simply press ALT + O, S (to activate the Styles from the Format menu), and then the first letter of the style I wanted to apply - very efficient - hands don't leave keyboard. Now, in OfficeXP and Office 2003, this efficiency is gone - you must leave the keyboard and use the mouse to select styles. Is there any way to go BACK to the more efficient method? Thanks, Tom McCray |
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No, Alt+O, S will give you the Styles and Formatting task pane. But
Ctrl+Shift+S, as Charles says, will still put you in the Styles dropdown. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... You can use ALT-O,S and the up and down arrows. And you can assign keyboard shortcuts to specific styles, as you always could.Ctrl-Alt-1/2/3... for the heading styles, Ctrl-Shift-N for normal, etc. (Been using these for so long I can't remember whether they are built-in or my own customizations.) "Tom" wrote in message ... Hello, Since OfficeXP, the styles in Word seem to want to be selected using the mouse. In Word2000, for example, when changing the styles, I could simply press ALT + O, S (to activate the Styles from the Format menu), and then the first letter of the style I wanted to apply - very efficient - hands don't leave keyboard. Now, in OfficeXP and Office 2003, this efficiency is gone - you must leave the keyboard and use the mouse to select styles. Is there any way to go BACK to the more efficient method? Thanks, Tom McCray |
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No, Alt+O, S will give you the Styles and Formatting task pane. That's correct. Then you can use the up and down arrows to select the style. The OP's request was for a keyboard-only method. |
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But Ctrl-Shift-S lets you type the name of the style to select it rather
than use the arrow keys. Moving from the home rows of the keyboard to the arrows is as annoying (for me at least) as moving to the mouse. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... No, Alt+O, S will give you the Styles and Formatting task pane. That's correct. Then you can use the up and down arrows to select the style. The OP's request was for a keyboard-only method. |
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The CTL+SHIFT+S is much more satisfactory than the long way around that I
found in the Microsoft Keyboard Shortcuts Help (ALT, CTL-TAB to the toolbar, TAB to the field or button). But once I am in the Styles dropdown, is there a keyboard way to open the list and see multiple list entries at once (equivalent to clicking on the down button)? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, Alt+O, S will give you the Styles and Formatting task pane. But Ctrl+Shift+S, as Charles says, will still put you in the Styles dropdown. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... You can use ALT-O,S and the up and down arrows. And you can assign keyboard shortcuts to specific styles, as you always could.Ctrl-Alt-1/2/3... for the heading styles, Ctrl-Shift-N for normal, etc. (Been using these for so long I can't remember whether they are built-in or my own customizations.) "Tom" wrote in message ... Hello, Since OfficeXP, the styles in Word seem to want to be selected using the mouse. In Word2000, for example, when changing the styles, I could simply press ALT + O, S (to activate the Styles from the Format menu), and then the first letter of the style I wanted to apply - very efficient - hands don't leave keyboard. Now, in OfficeXP and Office 2003, this efficiency is gone - you must leave the keyboard and use the mouse to select styles. Is there any way to go BACK to the more efficient method? Thanks, Tom McCray |
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No, you can use the up and down arrows to display one style at a time, or
you can start typing the name of a style. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "salliesatt" wrote in message ... The CTL+SHIFT+S is much more satisfactory than the long way around that I found in the Microsoft Keyboard Shortcuts Help (ALT, CTL-TAB to the toolbar, TAB to the field or button). But once I am in the Styles dropdown, is there a keyboard way to open the list and see multiple list entries at once (equivalent to clicking on the down button)? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, Alt+O, S will give you the Styles and Formatting task pane. But Ctrl+Shift+S, as Charles says, will still put you in the Styles dropdown. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... You can use ALT-O,S and the up and down arrows. And you can assign keyboard shortcuts to specific styles, as you always could.Ctrl-Alt-1/2/3... for the heading styles, Ctrl-Shift-N for normal, etc. (Been using these for so long I can't remember whether they are built-in or my own customizations.) "Tom" wrote in message ... Hello, Since OfficeXP, the styles in Word seem to want to be selected using the mouse. In Word2000, for example, when changing the styles, I could simply press ALT + O, S (to activate the Styles from the Format menu), and then the first letter of the style I wanted to apply - very efficient - hands don't leave keyboard. Now, in OfficeXP and Office 2003, this efficiency is gone - you must leave the keyboard and use the mouse to select styles. Is there any way to go BACK to the more efficient method? Thanks, Tom McCray |
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But once I am in the Styles dropdown, is there a keyboard=20
way to open the list and see multiple list entries at once=20 (equivalent to clicking on the down button)? Alt+Down Regards, Klaus |
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Thanks for that, Klaus. You can tell I don't use the keyboard for this!
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... But once I am in the Styles dropdown, is there a keyboard way to open the list and see multiple list entries at once (equivalent to clicking on the down button)? Alt+Down Regards, Klaus |
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But once I am in the Styles dropdown, is there a keyboard
way to open the list and see multiple list entries at once (equivalent to clicking on the down button)? =20 =20 Alt+Down "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Thanks for that, Klaus. You can tell I don't use the keyboard for = this! I don't much either. If I'm in need, I simply know there is a shortcut, = and try the possible combinations (Alt/Shift/Ctrl) until I hit the one = that works... ;-P Klaus |
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Yes, I try "everything" too, but for the first time in years, I had lost my
trust that there would be a shortcut for every function, so I actually gave up! :-) I'm only in my second week of transitioning from Word 2000 to 2003, and my faith in the design team is reeling as I stumble across the changed UI landscape looking for the new homes of my old friends. Thank you very much, Klaus. "Klaus Linke" wrote: But once I am in the Styles dropdown, is there a keyboard way to open the list and see multiple list entries at once (equivalent to clicking on the down button)? Alt+Down "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Thanks for that, Klaus. You can tell I don't use the keyboard for this! I don't much either. If I'm in need, I simply know there is a shortcut, and try the possible combinations (Alt/Shift/Ctrl) until I hit the one that works... ;-P Klaus |
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