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keyboard shortcut for BOLD suddenly changed from CTRL-F to CTRL-B in the Danish version i Word, but not in Excel. Why?
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Rene Hansen
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keyboard shortcut for BOLD suddenly changed from CTRL-F to CTRL-B in the Danish version i Word, but not in Excel. Why?
Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
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Viorel 122.6K Reputation points2024-10-11T17:08:45.5633333+00:00 Maybe because Word and Excel are different programs and Word allows customization of shortcuts.
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Witold Siekierzyński 0 Reputation points2024-12-06T08:59:42.7233333+00:00 I have the same issue with Polish Word - it looks that all shortcuts are from Spanih or Portuguese version (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook shurtuts - works properly)
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Stefan Blom 3,391 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2024-10-11T22:18:20.37+00:00 -
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Scott Wallis 0 Reputation points2025-01-15T22:08:43.7866667+00:00 it had resolved over xmas with the following update. yesterdays update has reverted it again. Glad we didn't babystep our hundreds of users through manual change for it to be reverted again
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Jiajing Hua 18,065 Reputation points Moderator2024-10-14T07:05:23.1666667+00:00 Hi @Rene Hansen
I suggest you go to Word Options >Customize Ribbon >
Customizeafter "Keyboard shorts", find the bold/fat, check its keys, and you may switch it back.
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