If you frequently assign custom styles to your paragraphs,
you probably spend a lot of time scrolling through the Style box on the
formatting toolbar. You can eliminate much of the scrolling by using shortcut
keys instead. To create a shortcut key for a custom style, Microsoft Word 2002
users can follow these steps:

  1. Select
    Format | Styles And Formatting.
  2. In the
    Task Pane, right-click the style to be associated with the shortcut keys
    and select Modify.
  3. Click
    the Format button and select Shortcut key.
  4. Enter
    the keyboard shortcut at the prompt.
  5. Click
    Assign.
  6. Click
    Close and then OK.

Word 2000 users can follow these steps:

  1. Select
    Format | Style.
  2. Select
    the custom style from the Styles list.
  3. Click
    Modify Style.
  4. Click
    Shortcut key button.
  5. Enter
    the keyboard shortcut at the prompt.
  6. Click
    Assign.
  7. Click
    Close and then OK.

To apply the custom style using the keyboard, click within
the paragraph you want to format, and press the keyboard shortcut.

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