Hi there,



I hope you are all well

I would like to know if it is possible to create keyboard shortcuts for specific sections of my word file such a specific Heading.

I know that you can create keyboard shortcuts from the customize the ribbon option but cannot find the way to create one for a specific heading.
I know that a workaround would be to make visible the navigation pane but would like to create a shortcut instead.

Thanks
Sanchez

Not without a macro. You can create a cross-reference that acts as a hyperlink.

You can have a keyboard shortcut apply a specific style, if that is what you are asking. Use the "Styles" category in the Customize Keyboard dialog box (File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize).

Perhaps you are trying to navigate to a particular heading? In that case, as Charles has already suggested, you will need a macro.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

The Built-In headings already have keyboard shortcuts for headings 1-3.
See also:

• Why Use Word's Built-In Heading Styles? by Shauna Kelly
• Heading Style Keyboard Shortcuts Add-In for Headings 4-9
• Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2021 (365)

Thanks Charles, but is it an add-in that you have to install in Word?

Hi Stefan, thanks for your response. yes, I am referring to a particular heading. For instance, let´s say I have a 2 headings: Company history and Company values. I´d like to assign a keyboard shortcut to the Company values heading only so I can get to such content quickly.

Thanks

The easiest solution would be to bookmark the Company values heading and then create a macro which moves the insertion point to that bookmark. However, this is not necessarily the safest way. For example, bookmarks may easily be deleted (by mistake).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

You could also display the Navigation Pane and use that.

Hi Charles, thanks. This is what I was doing but I was wondering if I could use a shortcut too

The Add-In is a .dotx template that is placed in the Word Startup Folder. It contains no macros.

Heading Style Keyboard Shortcuts Add-In for Headings 4-9
Heading Styles 1-3 have built-in shortcuts which this expands. You do not need to use the Add-In but can assign shortcuts yourself to the styles as was explained in the third link I listed.