Because of the positioning on my keyboard -Backspace is to my far right, the
same side that I have my mouse. In the work I do, coding /editing, I have to
take my hand off the mouse, backspace with that same right hand then go back
to the mouse (I could use the left arrow to go back as well but again, it's
on the far right side of the keyboard) and this is a continuous process. It
would be more efficient (and less painful long-term with the arthritis in my
hands) to assign backspace to a function key on the upper left of the
keyboard so I could use my left hand to hit backspace and maintain my right
hand positioning on the mouse.
I should have explained this earlier. I can see that most would think my
question foolish but this is "my first time" in a discussion group.
Thank you for your patience. I am open to any suggestions that may help.
Another way to do this is to directly bind a key to the backspace character
As far as I know this does need a macro to set it up --- but does not need a
macro to keep on functioning.
To set, say, F1 to backspace you could run ...
Sub BindBackspace()
CustomizationContext = NormalTemplate
KeyBindings.Add KeyCode:=BuildKeyCode(wdKeyF1), _
KeyCategory:=wdKeyCategorySymbol, _
Command:=Chr(8) ' Backspace character
End Sub
providing you save your normal template you will not need the macro again.
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