Shading text using keyboard shortcuts

[karlhar]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I am editing formatted text. I want to be able to select words and shade them yellow, green, no shade, etc. without changing the formatting (bold, italics) - and do this entirely using customized keyboard shortcuts and the shift and arrow keys (that is, no mouse). How can I do this?

Thanks,
- Steve

 

[CyberTaz]

Use Control+U to edit content in the cell. You can then use the arrow keys
to navigate left & right. Shift+Control+L/R Arrow selects by word but you're
on your own as far as selecting the font color if you're not applying it to
the entire content of the cell. I don't know of any way to assign individual
keystrokes to specific colors without VBA.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[karlhar]

Thanks, Bob. Good answer. My error - I was browsing the Excel forum but meant to ask this question in the Word forum, not Excel. I'll repost my question there. Sorry!
- Steve