Keyboard Shortcut for Split Table

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Greetings:

I want to assign the "Split Table" command to a keyboard shortcut. I want
to use a combination including "S" if possible, so I want to see what the
bindings currently are for the set {CTRL-S, CTRL-SHIFT-S, ALT-S, ALT-SHIFT-S,
CTRL-ALT-S, CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-S}.

It happens that I know that CTRL-S is "Save Document", and I can try each of
the other combinations to see what happens. But this can be a dangerous
practice in a live document that I can't afford to mess up. The only other
way I can find to check this out is to generate the printed list and check it
manually. A tedious and error-prone process to say the least. Is there a
better, safer way to determine what command, if any, is currently bound to a
shortcut?

Thanks in advance for your help.
 
Choose Tools - Customize - Keyboard, click in the Press New Shortcut Key:
box, then press the key combination of interest. Current assignment is
listed to the left under Currently assigned to: To test another, delete the
contents of the shortcut box, and press another combination.
 
Yes, there is a safer way. First press the combination
Ctrl+Alt+(keypad +), which changes the mouse cursor to a sort of
four-leaf-clover icon. You're now in "what's this?" mode (technically,
it's the ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShortcut command).

Now press a shortcut you think you want to use. If it's already
assigned to something, the Customize Keyboard dialog will pop up with
the assigned command shown in the Commands box in the upper right. If
it isn't assigned, nothing will happen.

You can also use the "clover" pointer to click any menu item or
toolbar button to find its command name and whether there's a shortcut
assigned to it.

If you don't want to change what's shown in the dialog, just click the
Close button or press Esc.

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Thank you, Herb. (My, that was easy. I'm embarassed that I had to ask. I
guess that's why I'm a new user.)

Best Regards,

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Barry Carroll

(Cleverly disguised as a trained SW engineer.)
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Herb Tyson said:
Choose Tools - Customize - Keyboard, click in the Press New Shortcut Key:
box, then press the key combination of interest. Current assignment is
listed to the left under Currently assigned to: To test another, delete the
contents of the shortcut box, and press another combination.
Click to expand...
 
Thank you, Jay. This is the convenient method I thought should exist but
didn't know about. I used it to assign Alt-S to the "Split Table" function.
Surprisingly, though, the Ctrl-Alt-+ technique will not show the custom
assignment I just made. when I press Ctrl-Alt-+ and then Alt-S, nothing
happens. The other shortcuts still work, but not my new one. Curious.
Makes it difficult if I forget what shortcut I used and want to bemind
myself. But I still use Herb's method to find out.

Thanks again.
 
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