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3) Next select the required function from the Category and Function
lists.
4) Now select the desired shortcut keys in the Shortcut keys list at
the top of the page and click the Modify button on the right. The
selection now appears in the Keys list on the lower right.
5) Click OK to accept the change. Now the chosen shortcut keys will
execute the function chosen in step 3 above whenever they are
pressed.
Note
All existing shortcut keys for the currently selected Function are
listed in the Keys selection box. If the Keys list is empty, it
indicates that the chosen key combination is free for use. 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.
Shortcut keys that are greyed-out in the listing on the Customize
dialog box, such as F1 and F10, are not available for
reassignment.
Example: Assigning styles to shortcut keys
You can configure shortcut keys to quickly assign styles in your
document. Some shortcuts are predefined, such as Ctrl+0 for the Text
body paragraph style , Ctrl+1 for the Heading 1 style and Ctrl+2 for
Heading 2. You can modify these shortcuts and create your own.
1) Click Tools > Customize > Keyboard. The Keyboard page of the
Customize dialog box (Figure 427) opens.
2) To have the shortcut key assignment available only for Writer,
select Writer in the upper right corner of the page; otherwise
select OpenOffice.org to make it available to every component.
3) Choose the shortcut keys you want to assign a style to. In this
example, we have chosen Ctrl+9.
4) In the Functions section at the bottom of the dialog box, scroll
down in the Category list to Styles. Click the + sign to expand the
list of styles.
5) Choose the category of style. (This example uses a paragraph
style, but you can also choose character styles and others.) The
Function list will display the names of the available styles for the
selected category. The example shows some of OOo’s predefined
styles.
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