[A.N.G.]

I'd like to be able to quickly switch between two fonts or font colors
without breaking my stream of typing, just as I can go between styles
(italicized, bold, etc.) while typing. Is it possible to make a shortcut
that will do this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can define a character style and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"A.N.G." wrote in message
...
I'd like to be able to quickly switch between two fonts or font colors
without breaking my stream of typing, just as I can go between styles
(italicized, bold, etc.) while typing. Is it possible to make a shortcut
that will do this?

[Jay Freedman]

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:39:00 -0800, A.N.G.
wrote:

I'd like to be able to quickly switch between two fonts or font colors
without breaking my stream of typing, just as I can go between styles
(italicized, bold, etc.) while typing. Is it possible to make a shortcut
that will do this?

Yes, it is. Follow the instructions in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm except in
step 2 select the Fonts category instead of "All commands".


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[A.N.G.[_2_]]

Thanks for your answers.

I did what Ms. Barnhill suggested, but when I switch styles it changes my
entire paragraph to the new style.
Mr. Freedman's suggestion works for changing fonts in mid-paragraph, but I
wasn't able to figure out how to switch colors using his way.






"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can define a character style and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"A.N.G." wrote in message
...
I'd like to be able to quickly switch between two fonts or font colors
without breaking my stream of typing, just as I can go between styles
(italicized, bold, etc.) while typing. Is it possible to make a shortcut
that will do this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It appears that you have created a paragraph style rather than a character
style. See the beginning of http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm
for instructions on creating a character style. I assure you I routinely use
character styles to format the font and other formatting of text (both
selected text and text yet to be typed).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"A.N.G." wrote in message
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Thanks for your answers.

I did what Ms. Barnhill suggested, but when I switch styles it changes my
entire paragraph to the new style.
Mr. Freedman's suggestion works for changing fonts in mid-paragraph, but I
wasn't able to figure out how to switch colors using his way.






"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can define a character style and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"A.N.G." wrote in message
...
I'd like to be able to quickly switch between two fonts or font colors
without breaking my stream of typing, just as I can go between styles
(italicized, bold, etc.) while typing. Is it possible to make a
shortcut
that will do this?