Tip #3308 - Some Function Key Help
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Some
Function Key Help
Do you like to use
Word's function keys (F1, F2, etc.), but find it difficult to remember
what each one does? Find yourself "lost" as you hit one first
and then another, hoping for a desired effect?
How would you like
Word to display a little "cheat sheet" right in the program
window, so you won't have to worry about forgetting again?
And, to sweeten the
deal a bit more, what if that "cheat sheet" could display not
only what they do on their own, but also what happens when they're combined
with the Shift, Ctrl and/or Alt keys?
Sounds like a plan
to me, so let's take a look at what Word has to offer.
To begin, we need
to open the Customize window. (Tools menu, Customize
choice or right click on any toolbar and choose Customize
from the bottom of the list).
Next, we need the
Toolbars tab.
Select the Function
Key Display toolbar from the list and click Close.
You should have noticed
a change to your program window the moment you selected the Function Key
Display toolbar. Maybe something like this:
Across the bottom
of my program window, I now have a list of what each function key will
accomplish. (As a little bonus for my readers who favor the mouse, each
of these is now a button that will accomplish each function without using
the actual keyboard function keys).
Any keys with a description
that are "grayed out" will become active once the needed requirements
are met. (A requirement could be something like having text highlighted).
If you now hit either
the Shift, Ctrl or Alt key, the display will change to
show what each function key does with that new addition. You can even
find that combinations of these keys will alter the purpose of function
keys.
With the Function
Key Display toolbar, you may never find yourself lost among the function
keys again!
~ April
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