Removing a Macro from a Shortcut Key

Summary: You can quickly assign shortcut keys to macros, but may later want to remove those associations. Here's how to quickly remove the shortcut keys you no longer want. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

You can customize Word quite a bit, just by assigning your various macros to different shortcut key combinations. Press the shortcut key, and the macro is executed post haste.

At some point, however, you may want to remove the association between the shortcut key and the macro. In order to do this, follow these steps:

Select Customize from the Tools menu. You will see the Customize dialog box.
Click on the Keyboard button. Word displays the Customize Keyboard dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Scroll through the Categories list and select the Macros category. The list at the right side of the dialog box changes to show the currently available macros.
In the Macros list, select the macro you want to affect. Word should display, in the Current Keys box, the list of current shortcut key assignments for the macro.
Select the key assignment you want to remove.
Click on Remove.
Repeat steps 4 through 6 for each change you want to make.
Click on Close.

Tip #1490 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Save Time! WordTips has been published weekly since early 1997. Past issues are available in convenient WordTips archives. Have your own enhanced archive of WordTips at your fingertips, available to use at any time!

Check out WordTips Archives today!

Helpful Links

Newest Tips

Subscribe

RSS Feeds

Removing a Macro from a Shortcut Key