How to customize keyboard shortcuts in word 2016

#How to customize keyboard shortcuts in word 2016 windows#

Now Ctrl O should bypass the Backstage view and go directly to the Open dialog in Windows. CAUTION: If you click the red вЂњXвЂќ in the upper right corner to close the Word Options dialog, Word will not save your configuration changes!

Click Close, then be sure to click OKВ to save your newВ shortcut.

To proceed with the key reassignment, click the button.

The вЂњ AssignвЂќ button is now active (no longer grayed out).

If you have created your own templates and wish to reassign keyboard shortcuts within one of your own templates, you can click the вЂњSave changes inвЂќ drop-down and choose a different template.

By default, Word will save your keyboard reassignment to the NORMAL template (the one that affects the formatting of a new blank document).

OPTIONAL STEP: Note the вЂњ Save changes inвЂќ drop-downВ at the lower left side of the dialog box.

If you want to retain the original assignment to that other feature or function, you can select a different key combination.)

Note the message below the вЂњ Current keysвЂќ box:В вЂњ Currently assigned to: FileOpenUsingBackstage.вЂќ (This is essentially a warning in case you didnвЂ™t realize that the key combination you chose is already assigned to another feature or function.

(Be careful to press the letter O, not a zero.)

Click in the вЂњ Press new shortcut keyвЂќ boxВ and press and hold the CtrlВ key, then tap the letter O.

(If so, they appear in theВ вЂњ Current keys:вЂќ boxВ at left.) When you click FileOpen, you might noticeВ that some keyboard shortcuts already have been assigned to the command.

Navigate to the right side of the dialog, under вЂњ Commands.вЂќ Scroll down to FileOpenВ and click it.

At the left side of the Customize Keyboard dialog, under вЂњ Categories,вЂќ File TabВ should be highlighted.

TowardВ the bottom left side of the Word dialog, youвЂ™ll see an item labeled вЂњ Keyboard shortcuts: CustomizeвЂ¦вЂќ Click theВ вЂњ CustomizeвЂ¦вЂќ button.

Click the File tab, Options,В and when the Word dialog opens, click the Customize RibbonВ category at left.

I thought it might be useful to write a follow-up post that walks peopleВ through the process of reassigning the Ctrl O keyboard shortcut in Word 2013 / Word 2016 so that it behaves as it did (does) in older versions. (But note: If you click File, Options, click the вЂњSaveвЂќ category, and uncheck вЂњDonвЂ™t show the backstage when opening or saving Files,вЂќ then click OK, Word automatically reassigns Ctrl OВ to вЂњOpen File.вЂќ That step also changes how the Open icon on the Quick Access Toolbar works so that it, too, goes directly to the Open dialog in Windows.)

#How to customize keyboard shortcuts in word 2016 windows#

Rather than producing the Windows Open dialog, it takes a detour through the Backstage view. That keyboard shortcut comes in handy because in theВ latest versions of Word, Ctrl O, the once-standard keyboard shortcut for вЂњOpen File,вЂќ doesnвЂ™t work the same way as in previous versions. I suggested using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl F12, which takes you directly to the Open dialog in Windows. In a recent blog post, I provided instructions for bypassing the so-called Backstage view (i.e., the File tabвЂ™s Open screen / menu) when opening a file with Word 2013 or Word 2016.

Reassigning Ctrl O to вЂњFile OpenвЂќ in Word 2013 and WordВ 2016