Keyboard Shortcuts not working

[Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann]

I've tried customizing my keyboard to a few Shortcuts, eg. Grow Font
(Cmd-Shift-<), Grow font one point (Cmd-9), Shrink Font (Cmd-<) and some
others, but they don't apply when I hit the keys.

Other - default - shortcuts work fine, but the ones I enter won't. With the
font in/decreasers I've tried selcting text and then typing the shortcuts
and I've tried just doing it "freely", that is at the beginning of a new
line where I want a larer/smaller font.

I'm using WordX in OS X (10.3.5)

Thanks in advance for any hints

Carsten

 

[Clive Huggan]

Carsten,

Are you following these steps, among the others, when you make the keyboard
shortcuts? (there are two steps that are easy to overlook):

Tools menu -> Customize -> Commands tab -> click "Keyboard" button [When
assigning keystrokes in a hurry, it's easy to overlook this last step] --
then the "Customize keyboard" window opens.

At the bottom right of the "Customize keyboard" window, make sure "Save
changes in" reads "Normal". [It¹s easy to overlook this too]

If you still have a problem, download the document "Bend Word to Your Will"
from http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm and look at my
notes starting under the heading "Standard keyboard shortcuts in Word", on
pages 54-60.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann]

Clive,

I've followed the directions below and that didn't help.

What's the difference beteween pressing the Keyboard-tab while in the
Commands-dialog and in the toolbars-dialog?

I'll try the document you refer to - on p. 56 it reads:
Increase font size By one point: Command-]
(to shrink use [) By default sizes: Command-Shift->
(to shrink use <) Regard the ] as a forward arrow

These don't apply for some reason. Maybe it's because I have a Danish
keyboard, although, I've had Cmd-Shift-> work under OS9/Word 2001

Any other ideas?

TIA for any help.
Carsten

Carsten,

Are you following these steps, among the others, when you make the keyboard
shortcuts? (there are two steps that are easy to overlook):

Tools menu -> Customize -> Commands tab -> click "Keyboard" button [When
assigning keystrokes in a hurry, it's easy to overlook this last step] --
then the "Customize keyboard" window opens.

At the bottom right of the "Customize keyboard" window, make sure "Save
changes in" reads "Normal". [It¹s easy to overlook this too]

If you still have a problem, download the document "Bend Word to Your Will"
from http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm and look at my
notes starting under the heading "Standard keyboard shortcuts in Word", on
pages 54-60.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================

--- A TIP THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL ---

* WAIT FOR CONSIDERED ADVICE: If you post a question, keep re-visiting the
newsgroup for several days after the first response comes in. Sometimes it
takes a few responses before the best or complete solution is proposed;
sometimes you'll be asked for further information so that a better answer
can be provided. Good tips about getting the best out of posting are at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FindHelp/Posting.htm

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I've tried customizing my keyboard to a few Shortcuts, eg. Grow Font
(Cmd-Shift-<), Grow font one point (Cmd-9), Shrink Font (Cmd-<) and some
others, but they don't apply when I hit the keys.

Other - default - shortcuts work fine, but the ones I enter won't. With the
font in/decreasers I've tried selcting text and then typing the shortcuts
and I've tried just doing it "freely", that is at the beginning of a new
line where I want a larer/smaller font.

I'm using WordX in OS X (10.3.5)

Thanks in advance for any hints

Carsten