Removing a Keyboard Shortcut from a Macro

Word 2007 allows you to easily assign keyboard shortcuts to macros you may create. If you assign a keyboard shortcut that is already used for some other purpose, then your new assignment overrides whatever use the shortcut previously had.

At some point you may want to remove a keyboard shortcut from a macro, thereby restoring the shortcut to its previous purpose. This is a relatively easy task to do. Basically you need to follow the same steps you followed in order to assign the macro to the shortcut, with one important change. Here's what to do:

1. Click the Office button and then click Word Options. Word displays the Word Options dialog box.
2. At the left side of the dialog box, click Customize.
3. At the bottom of the dialog box, click Customize, next to the Keyboard Shortcuts label. Word displays the Customize Keyboard dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
4. In the Categories list, choose Macros.
5. In the Macros list, choose the macro you previously assigned to the Ctrl+~ shortcut. The shortcut should now show up in the Current Keys list.
6. In the Current Keys list, click the Ctrl+~ shortcut.
7. Click the Remove button.
8. Click Close, then close the Word Options dialog box as well.

The shortcut should now be removed from the macro, and it will again resume doing its previous duty.