Adjust font, style, and size without dragging your mouse (2003/2007/2010)

Chances are you abandoned the Bold, Italic, and Underline buttons on the Formatting toolbar long ago for their respective shortcuts: [Ctrl]B, [Ctrl]I, and [Ctrl]U. To crank up your efficiency even more, why not add the Style, Font, and Font Size shortcuts to your repertoire?


To change the style using a keyboard shortcut:

1. Ensure that the Formatting toolbar is displayed.
2. Select the text you’d like to change. If you’re changing a paragraph style, simply place the insertion point in the paragraph you want to change.
3. Press [Ctrl][Shift]S. The contents of the Style dropdown list are highlighted.
4. Type the name of the style you want to switch to.
5. Press [Enter] to update your style.

You can follow a similar approach to change the font and font size using these shortcuts:

• Style    [Ctrl][Shift]S
• Font    [Ctrl][Shift]F
• Font Size    [Ctrl][Shift]P