To adapt shortcut keys to your needs, use the Customize dialog, as described below.
1) Select Tools > Customize > Keyboard. The Customize dialog opens.
2) To have the shortcut key assignment available in all components of LibreOffice select the
LibreOffice button.
3) Next select the required function from the Category and Function lists.
4) Now select the desired shortcut keys in the Shortcut keys list and click the Modify button at
the upper right.
5) Click OK to accept the change. Now the chosen shortcut keys will execute the function
chosen in step 3 above whenever they are pressed.
Note
All existing shortcut keys for the currently selected Function are listed in the Keys
selection box. If the Keys list is empty, it indicates that the chosen key combination is
free for use. If it were not, and you wanted to reassign a shortcut key combination that
is already in use, you must first delete the existing key.
Shortcut keys that are grayed-out in the listing on the Customize dialog, such as F1
and F10, are not available for reassignment.
Example: Assigning styles to shortcut keys
You can configure shortcut keys to quickly assign styles in your document. Some shortcuts are
predefined, such as Ctrl+0 for the Text body paragraph style, Ctrl+1 for the Heading 1 style, and
Ctrl+2 for Heading 2. You can modify these shortcuts and create your own.
1) Click Tools > Customize > Keyboard. The Keyboard page of the Customize dialog (Figure
349) opens.
2) To have the shortcut key assignment available only with one component (for example,
Writer), select that component’s name in the upper right corner of the page; otherwise
select LibreOffice to make it available to every component.
3) Choose the shortcut keys you want to assign a style to. In this example, we have chosen
Ctrl+9. This enables the Modify button.
4) In the Functions section at the bottom of the dialog, scroll down in the Category list to
Styles. Click the expansion symbol (usually a + sign or triangle) to expand the list of styles.
5) Choose the category of style. (This example uses a paragraph style, but you can also
choose character styles and others.) The Function list will display the names of the
available styles for the selected category. The example shows some of LibreOffice’s
predefined styles.
6) To assign Ctrl+9 to be the shortcut key combination for the List 1 style, select List 1 in the
Function list, and then click Modify. Ctrl+9 now appears in the Keys list on the right, and
List 1 appears next to Ctrl+9 in the Shortcut keys box at the top.
7) Make any other required changes, and then click OK to save these settings and close the
dialog.
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