• Character spacing shortcut

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    #357256

    Can anyone offer a keyboard shortcut for changing the character spacing up or down. I know it’s possible in MAC version using CTRL+cursor keys but in the PC version I just can’t find one.
    I am using Word 2000 version number 9.0.2720 with no service packs installed, though I am sure any shortcut would apply to earlier versions too. Any help would be much appreciated.

    Dave

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    • #530362

      Do you mean line spacing? If so, try Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2

      • #530364

        Kevin,
        No, I do mean character spacing. I want to save going to
        Format>Font>Character Spacing>Spacing . . by . . .points.

        Thanks for trying though.

        Dave

        • #530367

          Seems to me the expanding or condensing of character spacing is best accomplished by using Styles. Would that be a better solution for you?

          • #530368

            Kevin,
            Yes I am aware that I could use styles, and I do for a lot of stuff, but I have varying situations and not always on my own machine, so a quick keyboard shortcut is what I am after.

            • #530369

              Then your only solution is a macro. I might give it a try unless you already have the code well in hand.

            • #530371

              Kevin,
              Now I hadn’t thought of using macro for that!
              I would be pleased to see anything you can come up with.

            • #530387

              Try highlighting what you want to decrease/increase and pressing ctrl + shift + .

              increases the font size.

              SJMiller

            • #530415

              Many thanks but character size is not my problem. It’s the spacing between the characters that I’m interested in.

            • #530403

              Hi Dave,

              Kevin’ll probably come up with something more elegant. smile But, the following increments spacing by half a point.

              Sub Spacing()

              Dim varSpace As Variant

              varSpace = Selection.Font.Spacing
              varSpace = varSpace + 0.5
              Selection.Font.Spacing = varSpace

              End Sub

              HTH,

              Chris smile

            • #530417

              Chris,
              Your reply looks interestng. I would like to try it out.
              Is your ‘routine’ the text for a macro? I usually make macros just by clickng the vaious steps involved.

            • #530418

              Chris,
              It works great, I found the method needed to use your formula. I made one macro for + and another for – incrementing. many thanks indeed. It would have been nice to find a microsoft built in keyboard command that doesn’t need any ‘programming’ but yours will suffice nicely. Thanks mate.

            • #530429

              De nada. smile

              Chris

            • #530436

              Chris,

              Yours was sufficiently elegant. Good show.

            • #530472

              Hablas espanol eh. Muy bien y gracias otra vez.

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