add Style Inspector shortcut

[herosz]

Hi!




Please tell me how I can add a shortcut for Style Inspector because I don't find it in All Commands category.
I can't even modify Style Pane shortcut(Ctr+Shift+Alt+s → too long for me) because I can't find it either!

[Charles Kenyon]

Originally Posted by herosz

Hi!

Please tell me how I can add a shortcut for Style Inspector because I don't find it in All Commands category. ***

As far as I know, there is nothing in the dialog for keyboard shortcuts for the Style Inspector. That I do not know it, does not mean there is not one. There is a lot I do not know. However, here is my article on Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2024 (365).

The Style Inspector can be placed on the QAT, and Word will automatically assign an Alt-key shortcut for it as part of the Ribbon tooltips, so long as your QAT is showing. This is shown below. Here is my free Add-In that includes this: Styles QAT Add-In (gives you access to many style features regardless of which ribbon tab is displayed)

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You do not need to use the Add-In for this, though.

Here is my page on modifying the QAT in Word.
Modifying the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Microsoft Word

The dialog looks something like this:

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Exactly what the shortcut will be will depend on what else is in your QAT. Shown below it is the fifth icon.

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Since it is the 5th icon in the QAT, so the shortcut is Alt,5.
Here is my article on Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2024 (365).

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Second question:

Originally Posted by herosz

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I can't even modify Style Pane shortcut(Ctr+Shift+Alt+s → too long for me) because I can't find it either!

The command for the Styles Pane is "FormattingPane." The names of these commands go back to the menu versions of Word where this was under the Formatting menu.

One way to find the name of a command that already has a keyboard shortcut attached to it is to go no the Customize the Keyboard dialog and press the existing shortcut for any command. It will tell you the name of the command that is already attached to. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S. (And yes, it is a lot of keys to press at once.)

I tend to almost always have it displayed and have another Add-In for that.
Navigation Pane and Style Pane visibility Settings Control
It lets me set defaults for display of the Navigation Pane and Styles Pane.

[herosz]

I knew it can be added to QAT but I didn't know that I can access the QAT's elements with Alt+number shortcut, it's very useful!

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

One way to find the name of a command that already has a keyboard shortcut attached to it is to go to the Customize the Keyboard dialog and press the existing shortcut for any command. It will tell you the name of the command that is already attached to.

nice trick thank you!


BTW you know why can't use Shift+something as shortcut, but once I assign a shortcut, I can use it as second shortcut. e.g.


shift+w don't work, but

Alt+w,shift+w will work (for same command).

[Charles Kenyon]

BTW you know why can't use Shift+something as shortcut, but once I assign a shortcut, I can use it as second shortcut. e.g.

shift+w don't work, but

Alt+w,shift+w will work (for same command).

In the future, to help other users of the forum, when asking a new question, please post it as a new question. That way, someone looking for help on the new question is more likely to be able to find it.

Shift+w is uppercase W. Word will not allow reassignment of the basic letters on the keyboard. However, once you have started a two-stage shortcut with an acceptable combination like Alt+w, you can use pretty much anything as the second stage. I call the first part the prefix.


Alt+w,w would work as well.


See Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2024 (365) for more on using two-stage shortcuts or prefixes.
There are examples there. I also added a section on using the QAT workaround.

[herosz]

I got it, thanks for the link

[Italophile]

Ctr+Shift+Alt+s is the same as Shift+AltGr+S. The AltGr key is usually found to the right of the space bar. See also: AltGr key - Wikipedia