Hello Mike,
Greetings from across the water this morning!
The other command for this is Command-Option-z. I'm on OS 9.2.2 and Word
2001, so I have no way of knowing whether OS X (which I assume you are
using) has "pinched" this command too.
You can, of course, allocate *any* keystroke combination that isn't pinched
by the OS to any purpose in Word. Take a look at my post yesterday (titled
"Re: Word always opens at beginning of file") for details of how to produce
a list of commands for keystrokes. You'll see this one is called "Go Back".
This is how I apply the keystroke in my version of Word: Tools menu ->
Customize -> Commands tab -> click "Keyboard" button [When assigning
keystrokes in a hurry, it's easy to overlook this last step] -> "Customize
keyboard" window opens.
First, at the bottom right of the "Customize keyboard" window, make sure
"Save changes in" reads "Normal". [It's easy to overlook this last step too]
When you scroll in the left ("Categories") scrolling window and click on a
category, the commands accessible under that category appear in the right
scrolling window. Most commands are under one of the menus, but others are
listed only under "All commands". It may take some exploring to find some of
them -- but in this case "GoBack" is accessible via "All Commands".
Having scrolled to the GoBack command in the right window and clicked on it,
look in the "current keys" window and note any keystrokes listed; take them
into account as appropriate. Click in the field next to "Press new shortcut
key" -> press the desired shortcut key -> Assign -> OK.
Wasn't all that accessible, was it?...
There is an easier way if the keyboard shortcut is to be applied to a menu
item: after choosing Tools menu -> Customize -> "Commands" tab, an editable
toolbar with a "standard menu" will appear. Select the menu under which the
item is listed, then right-click on the menu item (Control-click if you only
have a one-button mouse) and select "Properties" from the contextual menu.
You can then click on "Keyboard" and assign the keyboard shortcut you want.
-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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Could someone please tell me how to create or find a key combination that
will take me to a previous (most recent) edit in a document. The suggested
combination, SHIFT+F5, just takes me to increase speaker volume on my iBook
G4. Apologies if this has been canvassed previously.
