As regular Business Hacks readers know, I'm a big fan of using keyboard shortcuts--especially in Microsoft Word. But there are some program functions, like Word Count, that don't have shortcuts ...

Did you know that just about any command (e.g., clear formatting or insert a copyright symbol) in Word can be assigned your own custom keyboard shortcut? If you didn't know, here's how to use this ...

Enabling shortcut keys in ScreenTips in Word is one great way of learning Word's shortcut keys. Read the article for learning to enable Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips.

In Word 2007, press Insert on the Ribbon and then click on Symbol, More Symbols. In the Subset dropdown box, go to Currency Symbols, click on the symbol of your choice and click on Shortcut Key to ...

This tutorial shows you how to insert an Arrow symbol in a Word document via AutoCorrect, Shortcuts, Keyboard, and Symbols.

Then right-click on the shortcut, go to Properties, and add a space and /mfile1 after the path in the Target field. You should rename the shortcut to reflect it'll open your last used document.

In Microsoft Word, I like to make shortcuts that start with an asterisk (like *p for my phone number, for example), but the asterisk is hard to get to on the iPhone.

How to Add Shortcuts to the Quick Access Toolbar If you don't see the undo icon in Word, adding it to the Quick Access Toolbar is a snap.