My set of macros for spade,heart,diamond, club have disappeared. I try to recreate them but the keyboard commands I had (Alt+S, Alt+H,Alt+D, Alt+C) seem to have been defined for other purposes by system. Is it possible to delete them and replace them with mine in normal.dot?

Hi,


Normal.dotm not normal.dot.
You should not need macros for this.
Use Insert Symbol to assign keyboard shortcuts.





To use the unicode numbers, you type the number and press Alt+X. Otherwise you can assign your own shortcuts using the button on the dialog.



I would recommend storing these in a separate Global Template but storing in the normal template should do it.


You could also assign an AutoCorrect entry to each and type something like xdiamond to be replaced by the diamond symbol.
Automated Boilerplate Using Microsoft Word

Thanks for suggestions.
However, being able to print the symbol with one keystroke as I could using a macro (instead of Insert, finding the right symbol on the symbol chart, clicking on it, backing to right position in order to mark it, choosing the proper color, moving one step and change back to black for the following text).

So is there anywhere a good instruction to create a macro, choose a keyboard combination allowed or if occupied have that replaced if possible. The guide just says pick a combination that is not taken.....

Are only Ctrl and Alt combinations allowed or is AltGr also allowed.

See the button on the dialog for Keyboard Shortcut?
Click it.
Assign whatever shortcut key you want.
If it is already in use, decide if you want to change what that shortcut key does.

I had macros with shortcuts for card symbols. (Alt+S,H,D and C). They disappeared. I try to create them again. It seems Word has occupied some Alt combinations. Can one use AltGr as a starter? (AltGr+S etc)

I do not know what AltGr is. Alt+>?

In general I avoid Alt+ keyboard shortcuts because of the tendency to trigger display of ribbon tooltips.
Use the keyboard to work with the ribbon - Office Support


You can have sequential keyboard shortcuts, yes.
Ctrl+9,H would be Ctrl and 9 pressed together followed by H.

Attached is a sample document with five shortcuts all following from Ctrl+9. These are shortcuts for insertion of symbols rather than macros but the same process applies. When creating the shortcut, start by pressing the trigger key, i.e., Ctrl+9, then press the finishing key, i.e., h. It will show Ctrl+9,H as the keyboard shortcut. Note, it shows an upper-case H rather than lower-case even though lower case is used. With the diamond, I did two variations to show this. The one with true upper case is displayed in the dialog as Shift+D; the lower-case version simply shows D.

Attached Files

deleteme.docx (26.3 KB, 7 views)

swepo: Kindly don't start multiple threads to discuss the same topic. I've merged the two.

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I realized that I did not answer your question about replacing built-in shortcuts:


Yes, you can change the keyboard shortcuts, over-riding any that come built into Word. Unless the ones that are built-in are ones you would never use, I would recommend against doing this.


I recommend against using Alt+ keyboard shortcuts in Ribbon versions of Word.


Unless everything you write or most of what you write involves using these shortcuts, I would recommend storing them in a template other than your normal.dotm and using that template when you want to use them.