How to Create your own Keyboard Shortcuts keys in MS Word?


Today
tip will help you to create your own keyboard shortcuts keys in MS
Word. Before reading this tip, may be you are using only the default
shortcuts keys which are available in MS Word application. You can
select any specific key combination that you want to use to perform a
particular task.

If you are not an expert user then you can
take many clicks and lot of menus navigations to perform a basic task.
With shortcut keys, you can speed up your working pace without lifting
your hands on the keys; otherwise require a conventional mouse to
select menus and buttons options. You can create your own keyboard
shortcuts for every word command. For example, if you are using Word
Count feature constantly then you can assign any key combination like
Alt+Z to run Word Count command.

Follow the given steps to create your own shortcuts keys for your favorite command:

First click on Start button, go to Program then click on Microsoft Word to run the word page.



Now go to Tools menu and click on Customize option.



Here a small dialog box will appear with title Customize, now click on "Keyboard..." button.



Now
again a small dialog box with title Customize Keyboard, the list of all
the categories of commands with appear on the left side of the dialog
box. You should click on the category that contains the command which
you want to assign a shortcut keyboard.

Choose the command you
want to assign a keyboard combination on the right side of the
customize keyboard dialog box and then click the key you want to create
shortcut.



Now click on Assign button to final the shortcuts key combination then close it.



In future whenever you type the keyboard combination, word will work according to that command you have assigned this shortcut.