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The new toolbar now appears on the list of toolbars in the Customize dialog box.

After creating a new toolbar, you need to add some commands to it, as described

above.

Assigning shortcut keys

In addition to using the built-in keyboard shortcuts (listed in Appendix A), you can

define your own. You can assign shortcuts to standard OOo functions or your own

macros and save them for use with the entire OpenOffice.org suite.

Caution

Be careful when reassigning your operating system’s or OOo’s predefined

shortcut keys. Many key assignments are universally understood

shortcuts, such as F1 for Help, and are always expected to provide

certain results. Although you can easily reset the shortcut key

assignments to the OOo defaults, changing some common shortcut keys

can cause confusion, frustration and possible data loss or corruption,

especially if other users share your computer.

To adapt shortcut keys to your needs, use the Customize dialog box, as described

below.

1) Choose Tools > Customize > Keyboard. The Customize dialog box opens.

2) To have the shortcut key assignment available in all components of

OpenOffice.org, select the OpenOffice.org 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 at the top of the

page and click the Modify button on the right. The selection now appears in

the Keys list on the lower 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 greyed-out in the listing on the Customize dialog

box, such as F1 and F10, are not available for reassignment.

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