Shortcut to create new equation in Word 2011

Question

What is the shortcut to create a new equation in Word 2011?

I have looked at this shortcut list, but it does not include that.

Word is one of the crap programs that can't properly handle custom shortcuts assigned in system preferences. You can try, in keyboard preference pane, but it might not work.
First method does work but it is language sensitive (what a mess). So for an example on a danish installation you would need to replace "Equation" with "Ligning".
this is one of the many reason that my computer's and my software's language is set at English, although I'm also danish :)

slhck · Answer 1 · 2012-01-25 21:09:23Z

Go to System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts, and set up an Application shortcut for Microsoft Word.

As the menu item's title, use "Equation".

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This will add a new equation to the document:

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Go to Tools » Customize Keyboard. Here, create a new shortcut for Insert » InsertEquation.

For example, I've used Command-Shift-E. Make sure you click Assign, then OK.

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This opens the Equation Editor in a new window, I want to use the inline one, that can normally be inserted by going to "Document Elements" in the ribbon and clicking on Equation.

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