Hi friends!

A friend of mine developed a Word add-on in dot.net. Since there are no visible Macros it seems that I cannot assign a hotkey sequence to run the functions in the add-on. The only way I found possible was to record a macro in an external program of me choosing the functions from his addition to the ribbon. It would be like alt-y-9 y-7 or some crazy thing like that, and then I would have to assign a hotkey to the macro and have the macro program running all the time in the background.

Does anybody have a better, more direct idea?

Thank you and have a good day!

Susan Flamingo

The designer of the Add-In can attach keyboard shortcuts.

Well, that won't work, because the Addin is dynamic and each user can add his own sort of tools (I know it sounds strange but that is what is going on) so after I have added my tools and now all I can do is the ling alt, etc sequence I was wondering is there is a way to automate it.

any ideas?

You might be able to directly assign hotkeys to functions in your friend's Word add-on without the need for macros. Here's a general approach you can try:

Customize Ribbon: In Word, go to "File" > "Options" > "Customize Ribbon."

Add Commands: On the right side, under "Customize the Ribbon," select the tab where your friend's add-on commands are located.

Create Custom Group: Click "New Group" to create a new group within the selected tab.

Add Commands to Group: Select the commands from your friend's add-on that you want to assign hotkeys to and add them to the custom group.

Assign Hotkeys: With the commands selected in the custom group, click the "Keyboard Shortcuts" button at the bottom.

Assign Hotkeys: In the "Customize Keyboard" dialog, you can assign hotkeys to the selected commands. Simply press the desired hotkey combination in the "Press new shortcut key" field and click "Assign."

Confirm Changes: Click "Close" to confirm the changes and close the dialog.

Thank you for your attention!

While my special tab does show up on the right and I can create a new group under that tab, when I come to assign the shortcut, the tab doesn't show up on the left (see attach) any ideas?

Thank you and have a good day!

Susan Flamingo

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