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Seth
Asked: 2017-08-14 19:24:58 +0800 CST

Keyboard shortcut to change font color in Libreoffice to a specific color

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I have to do a fair amount of writing in red and black in the same document. In MS Office I would set a keyboard shortcut to switch between colors so I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard. Something like Alt+R for red and Alt+B for black.

How can I set up something similar in LibreOffice Writer? I've poked around in Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard but I can't figure it out.

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  1. Best Answer

    Muru's suggestion is close, but use Character styles, not Paragraph styles.

    1. Press F11 and click the icon for Character styles.
    2. Right-click Default Style and select New... Change the font color to red. In the Organizer, name the font color Red, then press OK.
    3. Tools -> Customize, select the Keyboard tab. Find Alt+R and select it.

    4. Under Categories, choose Styles / Character. Under Function, select Red. Then click the Modify button.

      customize keyboard

    5. The Default Style Character Style is already black, so assign it to Alt+B. Then press OK.

    6. Finally, select words and press Alt+R.

      change word color

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