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Word 2003 - Modifying Styles with Keystrokes ONLY - Possible?
In Word 2000, while in Print Layout View, a style could be quickly modified
with Alt o / Styles, etc. (3-4 steps). Contrast with Word 2003, where one must mouse through menu options (at least 7 steps to modify a paragraph); plus, one cannot navigate the "Styles and Formatting" screen by typing the first letter of a style name. Switching from keyboard to mouse is extremely time-consuming, especially when trouble-shooting large, heavily formatted documents. It is also important that I stay in Print Layout View while working. So, does anyone know a keyboard combination for Word 2003 Print Layout View that bounces directly to Styles / Modify / Paragraph? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 17:39:12 -0700, "Marty"
wrote: In Word 2000, while in Print Layout View, a style could be quickly modified with Alt o / Styles, etc. (3-4 steps). Contrast with Word 2003, where one must mouse through menu options (at least 7 steps to modify a paragraph); plus, one cannot navigate the "Styles and Formatting" screen by typing the first letter of a style name. Switching from keyboard to mouse is extremely time-consuming, especially when trouble-shooting large, heavily formatted documents. It is also important that I stay in Print Layout View while working. So, does anyone know a keyboard combination for Word 2003 Print Layout View that bounces directly to Styles / Modify / Paragraph? You can assign a keystroke to open the Format Style Modify dialog directly: go to Tools Customize Keyboard, select the Format category and the FormatStyleModify command, enter a key combination, and click Assign. (I'll suggest Alt+Shift+S, which isn't assigned to anything by default.) From there, Alt+O, P gets you to the Paragraph dialog. If you'd rather open the Format Style dialog first so you can choose the style to modify, assign the keystroke to the FormatStyle command in the Customize list. After selecting the style, press Alt+M, Alt+O, P. One more possibility: Using the Commands tab of the Customize dialog (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm), you can add the Style... command to the Format menu to open the Format Style dialog (and, if desired, remove the Styles and Formatting... command that opens the task pane). That will give you exactly the same keystroke sequence you had in Word 2000. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Thanks for the suggestions.
"Jay Freedman" wrote: On Thu, 26 May 2005 17:39:12 -0700, "Marty" wrote: In Word 2000, while in Print Layout View, a style could be quickly modified with Alt o / Styles, etc. (3-4 steps). Contrast with Word 2003, where one must mouse through menu options (at least 7 steps to modify a paragraph); plus, one cannot navigate the "Styles and Formatting" screen by typing the first letter of a style name. Switching from keyboard to mouse is extremely time-consuming, especially when trouble-shooting large, heavily formatted documents. It is also important that I stay in Print Layout View while working. So, does anyone know a keyboard combination for Word 2003 Print Layout View that bounces directly to Styles / Modify / Paragraph? You can assign a keystroke to open the Format Style Modify dialog directly: go to Tools Customize Keyboard, select the Format category and the FormatStyleModify command, enter a key combination, and click Assign. (I'll suggest Alt+Shift+S, which isn't assigned to anything by default.) From there, Alt+O, P gets you to the Paragraph dialog. If you'd rather open the Format Style dialog first so you can choose the style to modify, assign the keystroke to the FormatStyle command in the Customize list. After selecting the style, press Alt+M, Alt+O, P. One more possibility: Using the Commands tab of the Customize dialog (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm), you can add the Style... command to the Format menu to open the Format Style dialog (and, if desired, remove the Styles and Formatting... command that opens the task pane). That will give you exactly the same keystroke sequence you had in Word 2000. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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