Keyboard shortcut to open a dialogue box with specific option selected

harry · #1 10-03-2022, 03:22 PM

I want to create a keyboard shortcut to open the "Insert Symbol" dialogue box with the Symbol font selected in the Font field.

I know how to create a keyboard shortcut to open the "Insert Symbol" dialogue box, using either the "InsertSymbol" command directly or a macro with the command "Application.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertSymbol).Sho w".

However, normally when this dialogue box is opened, it has the last used font selected in the Font field. Is there a way to open this dialogue box with a specific font ("Symbol") selected in the Font field?

Guessed · #2 10-03-2022, 06:55 PM

In theory this would be done like this

Code:

Sub InsertMe()
  With Application.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertSymbol)
    .Font = "Symbol"      'this isn't working for me
    SendKeys "%fsym{DOWN}{ENTER}"
    .Show
  End With
End Sub

However that .Font line isn't working for me and I don't know why. I've added the dodgy SendKeys line to mimic the keyboard steps.

harry · #3 10-04-2022, 04:59 AM

That doesn't work for me either, but thanks for your reply.

Guessed · #4 10-04-2022, 05:44 PM

Are you saying the SendKeys doesn't work either?

harry · #5 10-04-2022, 06:15 PM

The SendKeys hack works, but I would like to know how to make the field option work.

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