In almost all cases, it’s very convenient to use simple keyboard shortcuts to apply formatting, insert table rows, save a document, find a text and any action on your Microsoft Office. It’s also a lot quicker to perform these actions with a few keyboard combinations than by using your mouse to click an icon on a toolbar.

However, remembering these key combinations would be a bit of a hassle so it would be a big help if we could always see the assigned keyboard shortcuts to different actions on your toolbar as shown below.

Toolbar showing keyboard shortcuts

Toolbar showing keyboard shortcuts

Enable showing of keyboard shortcuts in screen tips

  1. Go to Tools - Customize menu item
  2. Go to Options tab
  3. Check Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips
  4. Click Close.

Enabling showing of keyboard shortcuts in toolbars

Enabling showing of keyboard shortcuts in toolbars


Note: This option is not available in Microsoft Excel.


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