By Mac OS X has its own keyboard shortcuts in addition to Word’s keyboard shortcuts. When you press a key or a key combination, Mac OS X searches first to see whether a task is assigned to that shortcut in Mac OS X system preferences.
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When I am editing a Word document using track changes it would be nice not to have to got to the mouse to insert a comment at the cursor (since this is most of what my editing consists of). What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a comment at the cursor in MS Word on a Mac when using track changes? I am running Word 14.2.5 and OS X 10.5.8.
If you want to use a particular keyboard shortcut in Word, you have to check to make sure that your desired shortcut isn’t already assigned to do something else by Mac OS X. Showing keyboard shortcuts Apple has a lot of nice keyboard shortcuts already defined for Mac OS X, and you can easily get a complete list of them:. In Finder (the Desktop), choose Help→Mac Help. In the Ask a Question search box, type shortcuts and then press Return or Enter. Help responds with a list of relevant topics. Likewise, Word also has a generous assortment of keyboard shortcuts right from the start.
The shortcuts in Word are available by searching Word’s Help for Keyboard Shortcuts. You can set up Word so that it automatically displays keyboard shortcuts in menus and toolbar ScreenTips:. In Word, choose View→Toolbars→Customize Toolbars and Menus from the menu bar. On the Toolbars and Menus tab of the resultant dialog, select the Show Shortcut Keys in Screen Tips check box. Making your own shortcuts You can assign keyboard shortcuts to Word commands and change the ones that Microsoft assigned.
Word doesn’t force you to stick with the default shortcuts. You can assign and reassign shortcuts as you wish. To access the Customize Keyboard dialog and set a keyboard shortcut, take these steps:. Choose Tools→Customize Keyboard.
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In the Categories list, select a category, and in the Command list, choose a command. To assign (or reassign) a keyboard shortcut for the selected command, type in a customized keyboard shortcut combination for the selected command and then click the Assign button. Click OK twice. Save a document with one or more custom shortcuts as a template so that when you open that template, the keyboard shortcuts you customized apply only to the documents created from that template.
Excel for Office 365 for Mac Word for Office 365 for Mac PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 for Mac PowerPoint 2019 for Mac Word 2019 for Mac Excel 2016 for Mac PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Word 2016 for Mac Word for Mac 2011 Excel for Mac 2011 Outlook for Mac 2011 PowerPoint for Mac 2011 This topic lists all keyboard shortcuts for the Office for Mac products. Keyboard shortcuts allow you to quickly complete commands and functions without using a mouse. The shortcuts in this topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard.
Many of the shortcuts that use the Ctrl key on a Windows keyboard also work with the Control key in Office 2016 for Mac. However, not all do.
Note: If a shortcut requires pressing two or more keys at the same time, this topic separates the keys with a plus sign (+). If you have to press one key immediately after another, the keys are separated by a comma (,).