After making your keyboard shortcut assignments, click the Save button near the bottom right of the Customize dialog.Make any other required changes, and then click OK to save these settings and close the dialog.ĭefining keyboard shortcuts for applying styles Saving changes to a fileĬhanges to the shortcut key assignments can be saved in a keyboard configuration file for use at a later time, thus permitting you to create and apply different configurations as the need arises.To assign Ctrl+9 to be the shortcut key combination for the Text Body style, select Text Body in the Function list, and then click Modify.The example shows some of OOo’s predefined styles. The Function list will display the names of the available styles for the selected category. Choose the category of style (our example uses a paragraph style).Click the + sign to expand the list of styles. In the Functions section at the bottom of the dialog, scroll down in the Category list to Styles.Choose the shortcut keys you want to assign a style to.To have the shortcut key assignment available only with one component (for example, Writer), select that component’s name in the upper right corner of the page otherwise select button to make it available to every component.The Keyboard page of the Customize dialog opens. You can modify these shortcuts and create your own. Some shortcuts are predefined, such as Ctrl+1 for the Heading 1 paragraph style and Ctrl+2 for Heading 2. You can configure shortcut keys to quickly assign styles in your document. Shortcut keys that are greyed-out in the listing on the Customize dialog, such as F1 and F10, are not available for reassignment.Įxample: Assigning styles to shortcut keys If it were not, and you wanted to reassign a shortcut key combination that is already in use, you must first Delete the existing Key. If the Keys list is empty, it indicates that the chosen key combination is free for use. Now the chosen shortcut keys will execute the function chosen in step 3 above whenever they are pressed.Īll existing shortcut keys for the currently selected Function are listed in the Keys selection box. Now select the desired shortcut keys in the Shortcut keys list and click the Modify button at the upper right.Next select the required function from the Category and Function lists.
To have the shortcut key assignment available in all components of select the button.To adapt shortcut keys to your needs, use the Customize dialog, as described below. Although you can easily reset the shortcut key assignments to the OOo defaults, changing some common shortcut keys can cause confusion, frustration and possible data loss or corruption, especially if other users share your computer. Many key assignments are universally understood shortcuts, such as F1 for Help, and are always expected to provide certain results. Be careful when reassigning your operating system’s or OOo’s predefined shortcut keys.
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