 | Create or delete a keyboard shortcut |
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You can create a keyboard shortcut to help you quickly do a task. However, if the keyboard shortcut conflicts with a default Mac OS X keyboard shortcut, it will not work unless you turn off the Mac OS X keyboard shortcut.
Do any of the following:
 | Create a keyboard shortcut for a task |
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On the Tools menu, click Customize Keyboard.
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In the Categories list, click a menu name.
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In the Commands list, click the task that you want to assign a keyboard shortcut to.
Any keyboard shortcuts that are currently assigned to the selected task appear in the Current keys box.
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In the Press new keyboard shortcut box, type a key combination that includes at least one modifier key (⌘, CONTROL, OPTION, SHIFT) and an additional key, such as ⌘+OPTION+F11.
If you type a keyboard shortcut that is already assigned, the action assigned to that key combination appears next to Currently assigned to.
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Click Assign.
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| Delete a keyboard shortcut for a task |
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On the Tools menu, click Customize Keyboard.
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In the Categories list, click a menu name.
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In the Commands list, click the task that you want to delete a keyboard shortcut from.
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In the Current keys box, click the keyboard shortcut that you want to delete, and then click Remove.
| Create a keyboard shortcut to insert a symbol |
You can create a keyboard shortcut for a symbol, such as the telephone symbol from the Zapf Dingbats font ( ). For example, to create a keyboard shortcut to insert the telephone symbol, you could assign
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+T.
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On the Insert menu, click Symbol.
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Click the tab with the symbol or special character that you want.
If it is necessary, select a font on the Font pop-up menu.
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Click the symbol or character that you want.
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Click Keyboard Shortcut.
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In the Press new keyboard shortcut box, type a key combination that includes at least one modifier key (⌘, CONTROL, OPTION, SHIFT) and an additional key, such as ⌘+OPTION+F11.
If you type a keyboard shortcut that is already assigned, the action assigned to that key combination appears next to Currently assigned to.
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Click Assign.
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| Delete a keyboard shortcut to insert a symbol |
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On the Insert menu, click Symbol.
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Click the symbol or character that you want to delete a keyboard shortcut from.
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Click Keyboard Shortcut.
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In the Current keys box, click the keyboard shortcut that you want to delete, and then click Remove.
| Reset all keyboard shortcuts |
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On the Tools menu, click Customize Keyboard.
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To restore keyboard shortcuts to their original state, click Reset All, and then in the confirmation message, click Yes.
Note Keyboard shortcuts for tasks are reset.
| Turn off a Mac OS X keyboard shortcut |
To use a keyboard shortcut that is the same as a default Mac OS X keyboard shortcut, you must first turn off that Mac OS X keyboard shortcut.
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On the Apple menu, click System Preferences.
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Under Hardware, click Keyboard, and then click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
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For the keyboard shortcut that you want to turn off, clear the check box.
