AboutShän Lewis Expertise I can answer "how to" and most general Help Desk related questions, with emphasis on desktop support (Windows 95-2000, some XP) and an unfathomable amount of software applications.
Experience Adobe Photoshop; MS Word; MS Excel; MS Powerpoint; Internet Explorer; MS Outlook; MS Outlook Express
Education/Credentials 10 years in Help Desk/PC Support/On-Site Support; Comptia A certified; Help Desk Analyst certified
However, what you're asking for seems to be related to utilizing a shortcut in a word processing program. What I discovered is that any shortcut key I create in Microsoft Word usually bleeds over into other Microsoft Office programs (like Outlook, Excel, etc.). That way, I use the same shortcut for all programs while only setting up the shortcut once.
A NOTE: You may want to check the list of available or "already programmed" shortcuts to make sure you're not typing over ones that you already want to use. See the following link for a Windows XP Pro list: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583/en-us
As a last resort, there is a free program I heard of called "AutoHotKey" (http://www.autohotkey.com/) that is supposed to allow you to remap your keyboard. Please be aware that this is freeware and usually has little to no technical support.
I hope this helps.
Keep me posted.
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QUESTION: Thanks for the useful reply.
It didn't give me the exact answer, but it definitely pointed me in the right direction ... I ended up opening Word 2003 and recorded a new macro.
Go to Tools > Macro > Record New Macro
Macro Name 'Euro'
Assign macro to: keyboard
Choose Key 'shift+6' (any empty or unused key)
Click 'Assign'
I then typed 'Alt+0128 ' (or your frequently used text, etc)
Click the stop recording button
Tap 'shift6' and you get a € (in this example) in word, office 2003, etc.
However, this does not work in Access 2003 and it seems they have a separate system for macro's. Do you know how I can export my 'word' macro to the macro list on my Access database?
Thanks,
Andy
Answer Hey Andy,
Thanks for keeping in touch and thanks for the macro!
I'm not a macro fanatic or expert, but I did some research. It sounds like it may possibly be a two-parter.
The first part is copying the VB code from your macro in Word (Tools > Macro > Macros > {select macro} > Edit button > CTRL+A {select all} > CTRL+C {copy}).
