Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 6, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
You can customize Word quite a bit, just by assigning your various macros to different shortcut key combinations. Press the shortcut key, and viola—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:
Figure 1. The Customize Keyboard dialog box.
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