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Check out the built in keyboard shortcuts in Word 2000
If you're a fan of keyboard shortcuts, then you owe it to yourself to check out Word's collection of function key assignments. Word assigns a number of common commands to your keyboard's function keys so that you can execute them quickly and easily. Not only does Word assign commands to the function keys, it also assigns commands to function key combinations that include the [Shift], [Ctrl], and [Alt] keys. In all, more than 50 Word commands can be executed using function key shortcuts. To make function keys easy to work with and to remember, Word 2000 offers the Function Key Display toolbar. To display this toolbar, choose Tools | Customize from the menu bar to open the Customize dialog box, and then click on the Toolbars tab. Select the Function Key Display check box in the Toolbars list box, and then click Close. When you do, Word 2000 displays the Function Key Display toolbar. Each button in the toolbar displays a command name and the function key that's assigned to it. In addition, when you press the [Shift], [Ctrl], or [Alt] keys, the commands in the Function Key Display toolbar change accordingly, indicating the command that will be executed if you press the current key combination plus the indicated function key:
[Shift]
[Ctrl]
[Ctrl][Shift]
[Alt]
[Alt][Shift]
[Ctrl][Alt]
To execute a command displayed on one of the Function Key Display toolbar buttons, simply press the function key indicated on the toolbar button (including any applicable [Shift], [Ctrl], and [Alt] combinations), or click the toolbar button itself. You can obtain a complete list of function key assignments in Word 2000 by accessing Microsoft Word Help and searching for the phrase "function keys."
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