Are 100 keyboard shortcuts too many?

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Maria

I'm a keyboard person with a good memory.

I presently have about 75-100 customizations (mostly
keyboard shortcuts, some autotext, etc.) on my machine.
Will these shortcuts affect in a harmful way how Word
runs or will it slow down operations at work? I want to
perform my job as efficiently as possible but not
disadvantageously to others or the computer system of the
firm.

Thanks for your advice.
 
I suspect there are many users who have more than this. If you don't notice
any effect on performance, then I wouldn't worry. The only effect I would
expect this to have would be an increase in the size of Normal.dot, which
might make Word take a few seconds longer to load when you start the
program, but that's all. Perhaps other, more knowledgeable users will
contribute their views, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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No to all questions. As the shortcuts will probably be stored in YOUR
normal.dot, it cannot affect other users either.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: I'm a keyboard person with a good memory.
:
: I presently have about 75-100 customizations (mostly
: keyboard shortcuts, some autotext, etc.) on my machine.
: Will these shortcuts affect in a harmful way how Word
: runs or will it slow down operations at work? I want to
: perform my job as efficiently as possible but not
: disadvantageously to others or the computer system of the
: firm.
:
: Thanks for your advice.
 
I have, ahem, 425 key assignments in my Normal template, and it doesn't
seem to have any adverse effect on Word's operation.

Larry
 
By the way, are you aware that you can assign a key to the command that
opens the Customize Keyboard dialog box, so that you don't have to do
Tools, Customize, Keyboard each time?

The built-in command, under All Commands, is ToolCustomizeKeyboard.

Also, I have a macro that opens the Customize Keyboard dialog box with
the focus already in the Macros pane, so that I don't have to manually
choose Macros in the left pane and then manually shift the focus to the
right pane. Saves three steps each time. When you're using that dialog
box a lot, that's a lot of saved steps.

Larry
 
Thanks, Larry! It'll take me a while to catch up with
you! And yes, I do have a shortcut to the customization
menu.
 
Thanks, Suzanne, for your most welcome insight!
-----Original Message-----
I suspect there are many users who have more than this. If you don't notice
any effect on performance, then I wouldn't worry. The only effect I would
expect this to have would be an increase in the size of Normal.dot, which
might make Word take a few seconds longer to load when you start the
program, but that's all. Perhaps other, more knowledgeable users will
contribute their views, however.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.



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