[mso] Re: Word 2003: Apply Custom Color to Text

Hummm...yeah, what you should have done from the start would be to create a
dedicated template just for the newsletter. HA...don't mean to give you the
"close the barn door after the horses are out" speech, but you might want to
consider that for the future...create a new newsletter dot with the correct
styles and use that dot for new newsletter docs from this point forward. 

As for the hotkeys, when you define one, if it is used already, it'll show
you in the dialog box when you hit those keys. Click Tools > Customize >
Keyboard. And you'll note that if you hit Ctrl + S, it'll show "Currently
assigned to: FileSave"...so you, obviously, wouldn't want to use that one.
You can usually find some free ones by adding another key such as Alt +
Shift + Z, or something. If there's not a current command on a keycombo,
it'll say UNASSIGNED.

Also...you can click File > Print and click the PRINT WHAT dropdown and
choose KEY ASSIGNMENTS to get a printout of what you have stuffed in there
so far.


Dian D. Chapman
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From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray Shapp
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:41 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Word 2003: Apply Custom Color to Text

Hi Dian,

<<Create a character style and add it to your template. >>

Ok, I've figured out how to do that, and I added it to Normal.dot.


I read the TechTrax article, "Return of Speed Styling", and I did create the

new toolbar. But now, I'm on thin ice. When I click the Styles icon, I find 
that I have over 30 user-defined styles. I never intended to define ANY 
styles. They must have sprung up like weeds over the past 18 months since
I've 
been producing the club's newsletter. What happens if I start deleting 
user-defined styles? All the documents based on Normal.dot going back 8 or 9

years including all my most complex documents (the club newsletters) will
turn 
to dust! That's well over a thousand documents.

At least for now (before I delete any user-defined styles), the one I 
CONSIOUSLY produced does allow me to apply my custom color to selected text.

Somewhere along my venture into this new ground, I did see what looked like
a 
way to apply a keyboard shortcut to my new custom color style. That brings
up 
two questions: How do I know I'm not conflicting or re-defining an existing 
keyboard shortcut? Where can I find all the currently assigned keyboard 
shortcuts? Is there a relatively "safe" key combo that can be paired with 
other letters or numbers for user-defined keyboard shortcuts? In this 
instance, "safe" means not already in use.

Thanks for all the help.

Ray Shapp


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