Is there a keyboard shortcut for turning on italics?

[DainBramage007]

I am needing to turn italics on and off multiple times while keying in large
amounts of text. I need Word keyboard shortcuts so that I need not position
my mouse over the Italics icon many times.

 

[Aeneas]

CTRL+i to start and stop italics

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+I toggles italics on and off. Ctrl+B for bold, Ctrl+U for underline,
etc. For others, see the "Keyboard shortcuts" Help topic.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Ctrl+I

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

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[DainBramage007]

Suzanne,
Thank you for YOUR succinct, yet thorough answer. The other responses
answered my question, but YOU gave examples of other commonly needed
shortcuts, as well as a pointer to how to get more information (& the tip of
a needed iceberg of related subjects).

Although I needed italic keyboard shortcuts, you went one step further and
sensed it was not the ONLY thing I needed shortcuts for, and your answer,
although brief, gave me the PERFECT response. Even if I only wanted the
italics question answered, your answer was short enough not to bog the answer
down.

Thanks again. You've made a good impression on someone who's surrounded by
Micro$oft bashers. This is my first Discussion Group post and now I've got a
positive boost in a negative environment! Way to go! The tech world needs a
LOT more problem-solvers/educators with your mindset.
Jay (a long-time Indiana techie with sparse Word experience)

 

[Stefan Blom]

Also note that you can look in the Customize Keyboard dialog box for a
complete list of shortcuts associated with each Word command.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help. I often have occasion to refer to the "Keyboard
shortcuts" Help topic; as Stefan points out, if you know the command you
need a shortcut for, you can find it through Tools | Customize | Keyboard,
but the Help topic can make you aware of shortcuts for commands you didn't
know existed!

 

[Don Ellis]

Hi Suzanne,

One modification I've made is to turn Bold into Ctrl-O, so I can hold
the Control key and use U, I, O as I like for all three of the common
emphasis changes.

Don

 

[Graham Mayor]

While you can setup whatever configuration you like, I don't see that this
gets you very far. CTRL+B (bold) is a lot more logical than CTRL+O which is
pre-defined for File > Open?

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[Don Ellis]

It gets you pretty far for ergonomics -- especially when you want to
bold and italicize the same line, or bold and underline it, or all
three.

Ctrl+U, I and O are right there under three fingers on adjacent keys.

Easier for me to define some other key combination to open a file.

Don