If you are familiar with the Windows platforms, you may know that you can assign different keystrokes for various actions. Well you can do the exact same thing in Microsoft Word. You can choose the specific key combination that you want to use to perform a specific action.

To create your own keyboard shortcuts in Word, you must first click Customize from the Tools menu. You should see a button called Keyboards at the bottom of the dialog box. Click this button to bring up the Customize Keyboard dialog box. Once you have decided which command you want to make a shortcut for, highlight it from the list of Commands. If necessary, select a different category to locate the command you are looking for. Then, within the Press new shortcut key, enter in the keystrokes you want to press to use the command and click Assign.