You like to use the Comic Sans MS font in your Word publications,
but you’d rather not navigate the long list of fonts in the Formatting toolbar every
time you need to use it. Rather than clicking through the toolbars and menus to
find your favorite font, you can create a keyboard shortcut—and never have to
search for the font again. Follow these steps:
- Go to
Tools | Customize. - On the
Commands tab, click the Keyboard button. - Under
Categories, click Fonts. - Under
Fonts, click Comic Sans MS. - Put
your cursor in the Press New Shortcut Key text box. - Press
[Alt]CS. - Click
the Assign button. - Click
Close twice.
Now when you want to apply the Comic Sans MS font to your
text, select the text and press [Alt]CS.
Note that these shortcut keys may be adapted to whichever
key you wish—not just those chosen here—but take care not to use a shortcut
combination that has already been assigned, such as for Replace, Paste, and
Find.
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