Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Adding a Keyboard Shortcut to a Menu Item

In Word, every built-in menu command contains a letter designated as the shortcut key. For example, you can choose Save As from the File menu by pressing Alt+F, A. You can add a shortcut key to a custom command as well.

In many cases, Word includes a shortcut key automatically when you drag the command to a menu. If that shortcut key isn't already in use on the same menu, there's little reason to change it. If it is already used, however, you'll almost certainly want to change it.

NOTE

If two or more commands on the same menu use the same shortcut key, when you enter the letter you get the command that appears closest to the top of the menu. If you enter the letter again, Word selects the next command ...