To resume recording, press Alt+W, M, R, R.Ĭreate a macro assigned to a keyboard shortcut If you need to pause recording, press Alt+W, M, P. Word records your selections and keystrokes. Navigate to and select the buttons or menu items, for example, on the ribbon or press the keys on your keyboard for each step in the task. You can now record the steps for the task you want to automate.

The Customize the Quick Access Toolbar window closes and the focus returns to the document body. Press the Tab key until you hear 'OK,' and press Enter. When you're done, press the Tab key until you hear 'OK,' and press Enter. Press the Down arrow key until you hear the icon you want, and then press Enter to select it. Press Shift+Tab until you hear the first icon and the position of the icon in the list of all icons.

To assign an icon to the macro button, press Alt+M. To add the macro button to the Quick Access Toolbar, press the Tab key until you hear 'Quick Access Toolbar, separator,' press the Down arrow key until you hear 'Normal, new macros,' followed by the name of the new macro, and then press Alt+A. The Customize the Quick Access Toolbar window opens. To assign the macro to a button, press Alt+B. To define if the macro should be available in all your Word documents or just the one where you recorded the macro, press the Tab key until you hear 'Store macro in,' press the Down arrow key until you hear the option you want, and then press Enter. To write an optional description for the macro, press the Tab key until you hear 'Description,' and type the description. The focus is on the Macro name text field. To open the Record Macro dialog box, press Alt+W, M, R.

You can assign the macro to a button or keyboard shortcut.

To create a macro, record the sequence of steps used to perform the task you want to automate. To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft Office. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program. New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet.

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