I know there exists a keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+L to create a new bullet point, but this does not add the appropriate indentation. Is there a keyboard shortcut that exists or that I can define to emulate the behavior of clicking on the bulleted list button?
2 Answers
For bulleted lists, type *
and then press Tab.
You can start other styles of lists with similar shortcuts.
For numbered lists, type 1.
, 1)
or (1)
and then press Tab.
You can also use a
or A
for lowercase or uppercase lettered lists, with your choice of brackets or period.
For Roman numeral lists, use i
or I
.
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That's right, this functionality does exist. Out of curiosity though, would you know of a menu/ribbon function that I can map a keyboard shortcut to? Jul 28, 2015 at 4:28
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1On Windows, press
Alt + H
to see all the shortcuts for the Home ribbon. You can then pressU
for the bulleted list dropdown orN
for the number dropdown. Jul 28, 2015 at 5:03 -
Also true. Now I just need a way to remember things I already know when I need them. Jul 28, 2015 at 5:04
Is there a keyboard shortcut that exists or that I can define to emulate the behavior of clicking on the bulleted list button?
To answer this part of your question: there is a way of precisely doing this, i.e. assigning a keyboard shortcut to any button on any ribbon in the MS-Word. Here's what you do:
- Press Ctrl+Alt+NumPad Plus keys together to enter the mode where you can assign a keyboard shortcut. You should see the "looped square knot" (
⌘
) symbol in place of the cursor arrow. - Now, you just have to point to and click the button to which you want to assign a shortcut and
- you will be shown a window where you could assign the shortcut.
Alternately look into this blog post, or to this video on YouTube: Easiest way of assigning keyboard shortcuts in MS-Word.