How can I change text color via keyboard shotcut in MS word 2010

calendar_today Asked Apr 28, 2014
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Question posted 2014 · +7 upvotes

While typing sentences I would like to change the text color at few places. To do so I have to do it manually by going to fonts pop section. Is there any way to create a keyboard shortcut so that I can change the text color of some word in sentence while I am typing?

Accepted answer +10 upvotes

For Word 2010 and 2013, go to File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Keyboard Shortcuts > All Commands (in left list) > Color: (in right list) — at this point, you type in the short cut (such as Alt+r) and select the color (such as red). (This actually goes back to 2003 but I don’t have that installed to provide the pathway.)

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