On Tue December 27 2005 20:16, + Barb Sevy wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > WONDERFUL PROGRAMS! Thanks to all who have contributed. We will be helping > in some of the non-programming areas. The OO insert envelope methodology is > superior to Word. Very nice. One thing that we cannot find, though, are > shortcut keys to increase and decrease fonts sizes. Word lets you > hightlight text (this is probably old news to you. If so, please forgive) , > then either [shift-ctrl-<] or [shift-ctrl->] to reduce or increase by > standard increments, or [ctrl-[] or [ctrl-]] to reduce font one point per > keystroke. We regularly find these shortcut keys of infinite value in > laying out attractive looking documents. Have we missed the way to do this > in OOWrite?
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Wed December 28 2005 00:27, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > OOo has toolbar buttons to enlarge and decrease font size of > selected text. But if you, like me, prefer to use keyboard > shortcuts, read on... > > I can't find a built-in keyboard shortcut for this, but you can > define your own. > > 1) Tools > Customize > Keyboard tab. > > 2) Select the desired shortcut in the top list box labeled > Shortcut keys. Unfortunately, the shortcuts used in Word don't > seem to be among the choices (I have no idea why), so you'll have > to pick something else... unless one of the macro gurus has a way > to overcome this limitation. > > 3) Select Format in the Category list, and scroll through the > Function list to find Increase Font or Reduce Font. > > 4) Select whether the key shortcut is to be OOo-wide or just for > the current application in the top right corner of the dialog. > > 5) Click Modify. The shortcut key you selected in step 2 now > appears in the Keys box at the bottom of the dialog, and the name > of the function appears next to the key combination in the > Shortcut keys list. > > 6) Repeat steps 2 through 5 for the second key combination you > want to define. > > 7) Click OK to save these settings. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
