Further, you may very well know that, after typing the command for Expression text, with the cursor blinking, holding down Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (PC) and then typing f, m, n, p, r, or s get you the dynamics in the stylized music font (Cmd-Opt-Shift-Z on Mac or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z on PC is for the z). Click on a shortcut category on the left, then hover over a function on the right. Alternatively, enter a keyword into the search input field, and hover over the search results. You can close the search result window with the escape key or by clicking outside its boundaries.
Control accessibility options with your keyboard and Siri
You can use the keyboard shortcuts below to control accessibility options on your Mac, or you can ask Siri to perform these functions. For example, ask Siri to 'Turn VoiceOver On.'
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Display Accessibility Options | Option-Command-F5 or triple-press Touch ID (power button) on supported models1 |
| Turn VoiceOver on or off2 | Command-F5 or Fn-Command-F5 or hold Command and triple-press Touch ID on supported models1 |
| Open VoiceOver Utility, if VoiceOver is turned on2 | Control-Option-F8 or Fn-Control-Option-F8 |
| Turn zoom on or off3 | Option-Command-8 |
| Zoom in3 | Option-Command-Plus Sign (+) |
| Zoom out3 | Option-Command-Minus Sign (-) |
| Turn the Invert colors setting on or off | Control-Option-Command-8 |
| Reduce contrast | Control-Option-Command-Comma (,) |
| Increase contrast | Control-Option-Command-Period (.) |
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
- To use VoiceOver and VoiceOver Utility, you might need to turn on 'Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys' in Keyboard preferences. You might also need to make VoiceOver ignore the next key press before you can use some of the other Mac keyboard shortcuts.
- To use the zoom shortcuts, you might need to turn on 'Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom' in Accessibility preferences.
Use your keyboard like a mouse with Full Keyboard Access
Full Keyboard Access lets you use your keyboard like a mouse to navigate and interact with items on the screen. With Full Keyboard Access, you use the Tab key and arrow keys to navigate to items on the screen, and the Space bar to select an item.
Follow these steps to turn on Full Keyboard Access:
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Keyboard.
- Click Shortcuts.
- To navigate only to text boxes and lists on the screen, select 'Text boxes and lists only.' To enable Full Keyboard Access and navigate to all controls on the screen, select 'All controls.'
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Switch between navigation of all controls on the screen, or only text boxes and lists | Control-F7 |
| Move to the next control | Tab |
| Move to the previous control | Shift-Tab |
| Move to the next control when a text field is selected | Control-Tab |
| Move the focus to the previous grouping of controls | Control-Shift-Tab |
| Move to the adjacent item in a list, tab group, or menu Move sliders and adjusters (Up Arrow to increase values, Down Arrow to decrease values) | Arrow keys |
| Move to a control adjacent to the text field | Control–Arrow keys |
| Choose the selected menu item | Space bar |
| Click the default button or perform the default action | Return or Enter |
| Click the Cancel button or close a menu without choosing an item | Esc |
| Move the focus to the previous panel | Control-Shift-F6 |
| Move to the status menu in the menu bar | Control-F8 |
| Activate the next open window in the front app | Command-Accent (`) |
| Activate the previous open window in the front app | Shift-Command-Accent (`) |
| Move the focus to the window drawer | Option-Command-Accent (`) |
Navigate menus with your keyboard
To use these shortcuts, first press Control-F2 to put the focus on the menu bar.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Move from menu to menu | Left Arrow, Right Arrow |
| Open a selected menu | Return |
| Move to menu items in the selected menu | Up Arrow, Down Arrow |
| Jump to a menu item in the selected menu | Type the menu item's name |
| Choose the selected menu item | Return |
Use Mouse Keys to move the mouse pointer
When Mouse Keys is turned on, you can use the keyboard or numeric keypad keys to move the mouse pointer.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Move up | 8 or numeric keypad 8 |
| Move down | K or numeric keypad 2 |
| Move left | U or numeric keypad 4 |
| Move right | O or numeric keypad 6 |
| Move diagonally down and to the left | J or numeric keypad 1 |
| Move diagonally down and to the right | L or numeric keypad 3 |
| Move diagonally up and to the left | 7 or numeric keypad 7 |
| Move diagonally up and to the right | 9 or numeric keypad 9 |
| Press the mouse button | I or numeric keypad 5 |
| Hold the mouse button | M or numeric keypad 0 |
| Release the mouse button | . (period) |
Learn more
- Change the behavior of the function keys or the Caps Lock, Control, Option, and Command keys
- Ask Siri to perform some of these commands, or ask Siri 'What can you do?' to find out more
Although this Reply is to your message it's actually intended for all;
First of all, my age is irrelevant... In fact, that picture was taken a number of years ago. If you want to know, I turned 69 the day that point was raised here.
Secondly, I am by no means a 'Microsoft developer'. I'm simply a user just like most of the others who participate in this peer-to-peer Community.
Most importantly, did any of you bother to read my entire reply from July 27? I have no idea what anyone means by 'dumb as ****' or 'ridiculous' about it.
To re-emphasize the point I made then, the Select Objects tool has not been removed from the program. It simply is not included on the Ribbon & currently cannot be added to it or to the Quick Access Toolbar by the typical user. Further, Office 2016 has, for all intents & purposes, done away with Toolbars. FWIW, it was not a default component of any built-in toolbar in Word 2011, either.
However, as I also wrote in that message, anyone who wants to use it easily can assign a keyboard shortcut to the command. The tool is readily available to anyone who is willing to do something other than click buttons.
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But a note to you, Tim: No disrespect, but IMHO 'a whole page full of objects' in a Word document isn't a particularly good idea in the first place :-) Objects are basically foreign bodies injected into the text flow which can affect performance & lead to document corruption or data loss. The program provides some Drawing capability as a convenience, but it is first & foremost a word processing program, not graphic design software.
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Additionally, it's of no use to make feature requests, product suggestions, etc. here. This is a Community of user-to-user support with virtually no participation by anyone from Microsoft who has the means of implementing changes.
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If you have comments, use the ☺︎ @ the right end of the program's Ribbon to submit feedback to the Development team. You can also Vote for an existing request/suggestion or post a new one of your own @ Word for Mac