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Keyboard shortcut for Autocorrect Options button

Anonymous
2014-09-22T13:48:10+00:00

When you've activated Autoformat Options (as you type) you can get that nice "flyover" button ("Autocorrect Options"). When you click the button you have some options e.g. undo the autoformatting. I wish there was a shortcut key to do the same, just like the Paste Options button which can be activated by pressing the Ctrl-key.

I know you can just type Ctrl+Z to undo the latest change, but I want to see the same options menu provided after clicking the button with the mouse.

I know there are ways to get the autocorrect dialog, but again, I just want the button activated by a keyboard shortcut.

Is that possible?

I checked several post like below, but those don't answer my question.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-word/how-to-suppress-the-little-flyover-info-boxes-in/9028a3e0-e49d-4bb8-bc0e-a6a9db092a33

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2013\_release-word/creating-keyboard-shortcuts-in-word-2013/b364cb90-f7b7-4fc7-82a5-37db1c32baad

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-word/autocorrect-keyboard-shortcut/d08b516b-4bc7-4893-b078-f1dd704c3d6a?page=1

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-23T00:25:43+00:00

    If you assign a shortcut to the ToolsAutoCorrect command you’ll just see a single tab of the AutoFormat/AutoCorrect options dialog. This dialog has the following tabs:

    AutoFormat

    Actions

    AutoCorrect (as shown by the ToolsAutoCorrect command)

    Math AutoCorrect

    AutoFormat As You Type

    When I click the AutoCorrect Options button a menu is shown with three options (i.c. automatic bulleting):

    Undo Automatic Numbering

    Stop Automatically Creating Numbered Lists

    Control AutoFormat Options…

    The good news is I found the answer myself, not via the community, but in the Help file.:

    Display the menu or message for an available action or for the AutoCorrect Options button<br> or the Paste options button. If more than one action is present, switch to the next action and display its menu or message. ALT+SHIFT+F10

    Not as easy as Ctrl for the Paste Options, but hey, I'm not complaining.

    Thanks for trying to help me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-23T22:28:55+00:00

    Thanks, Stefan!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-23T21:58:38+00:00

    Although your answer is technically correct, it's of little value posting "solutions" that don't even come close to what I've originally asked. I appreciate your willingness to help me, but I see a lot of unanswered questions around the community. So, unless you find another and shorter shortcut than Alt+Shift+F10, you'd better spend your time on those questions.

    I wish I could click "Mark as Answer" to my previous post.

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  3. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-09-23T17:57:38+00:00

    If you assign your shortcut to the ToolsAutoManager command you get the full range of tabs in the AutoCorrect dialog box.

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  4. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-09-22T23:07:46+00:00

    You can assign a keyboard shortcut to the ToolsAutoCorrect command, if that helps. Use the Customize Keyboard dialog box (File tab | Options | Customize Ribbon | Customize).

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