Keystrokes to Change Margins (Ctrl F8?)

[Debbie]

I used to type ctrl F8 to change my page margins. It
doesn't happen anymore. Does anyone know what to do or
have a list of all the keystrokes you can use instead of
using the mouse? I'm a keyboard person! Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't know of any keystrokes to change margins in Word. You have to do
that through Page Setup or using the ruler. You can indent paragraphs with
Ctrl+M (left) and Ctrl+T (hanging).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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[Mark Tangard]

Welcome, keyboard person. We are a dying breed.

CTRL+F8 is the shortcut for "Document Size," not exactly
a heavily used feature. You may be thinking of SHIFT+F8
which was the shortcut for margins in *WordPerfect* (and
may still be; I haven't seen WP since 5.1).

In Word margins are on the File menu (File->PageSetup,
Margins tab). That's 2 or 3 keystrokes. If you want
fewer, you can write a little macro to open that dialog,
and assign that macro to a shortcut (CTRL+F8 if you like):

Sub SetMyMargins
With Dialogs(wdDialogFilePageSetup)
.Show
.DefaultTab = wdDialogFilePageSetupTabMargins
End With
End Sub

Info on using macros offered in newsgroups:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm

Info on assigning macros to shortcuts:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/AssignMacroToHotkey.htm