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does anyone know the shortcut to change the text color on Word 2011 on a Mac?
I would like to ideally select a part of the text, press a key combination, and change the color of the text to the color in the Font toolbar.
Daryll SantosDaryll Santos
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Although it's not exactly what you want it can set the text colour to the automatic colour of microsoft word. It's a small applescript code.
Open up Applescript Editor and save it to
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Word Script Menu Items
Text editors for mac that save as a .json. as what ever you want then open up System Preferences.In System Preferences go to
bertiebKeyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
The press the + sign at under the list of shortcuts. Mac command for centering text. Next select Microsoft word from the application drop down. For the Menu item name it exactly what you called your script minus the extension. Finally choose a shortcut and enjoy. 5,9961111 gold badges3030 silver badges4444 bronze badges
YascobYascob
Tools >> Customize Keyboard >> Categorize (choose format) >> Commands (find Font Color) >> Fill the shortcut bar with any command that you wish (e.g. Command + R) >> Click OK
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BryanBryan
There is a relatively easy way to do this
- open word in mac
- Go to TOOLS
- Go to CUSTOMIZE KEYBOAD
- In the CUSTOMIZE box - Go to ALL COMMANDS
- In the COMMANDS box - Go to COLOR
- Choose the colour you want (Start with RED for this example)
- In the PRESS NEW KEYBOARD SHORT CUT space - hit + + r
- Click ASSIGN key9 Then press OKyou can do all the changes before pressing the OK key
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Universal Key Combinations
These key combinations should work in most every application:
- Home: Move cursor to beginning of the current line (Cmd+Left arrow on Mac).
- End: Move cursor to the end of the current line (Cmd+Right arrow on Mac).
- Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow: Select text by whole words. (Alt+Shift+Left/Right arrow on Mac)
- Ctrl+Home: Move cursor to top of the text field (Cmd+Up Arrow on Mac).
- Ctrl+End: Move cursor to end of the text field (Cmd+Down Arrow on Mac).
- Shift+Left/Right Arrow: Select characters one at a time.
- Shift+Ctrl+Up/Down: Select paragraphs. (Shift+Alt+Up/Down on Mac)
- Shift+Up/Down arrow: Select text by entire lines
- Shift+Page Up/Page Down: Select one screen's height of text
- Shift+Home/End: Select all the text from the current caret position to the beginning or end of the current line. (Cmd+Shift+Left/Right arrow on Mac).
- Ctrl+Shift+Home/End: Select all the text from the current caret position to the beginning or end of the document. (Cmd+Shift+Up/Down arrow on Mac.)
- Ctrl+A: Select the entire document (Command+A on Mac)
Microsoft Word Specific
Once again, Word shines when it comes to text selection, offering more than just the standard key combinations:
- Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down arrow: Select text by paragraphs. (Cmd+Shift+Up/Down arrow on Mac.)
- Ctrl+Shift+F8: Begin selecting a rectangular block of text—use the arrow keys to size the rectangle; cut, copy, or press Esc to exit this selection mode. (Does not seem to work on Mac.)
- F8: Press repeatedly to expand the selection from the current word to the current sentence, then the current paragraph, and finally the whole document (Shift+F8 will shrink the selection); cut, copy, or press Esc to exit this selection mode. (Does not work on Mac.)
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