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I'm using Word from Office XP and I want to close the "Styles and Formatting" pane using the keyboard alone. How can I do that?

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Have a go at this article:


I don't think assign a short cut key applies to the task pane but to one of the Styles and Formatting you want to use that is avaiable on the pane.

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In 2010 it is ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+S, but not sure if it applies to your version.

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Doesn't work. I'd be happy for a shortcut that closes any active pane, not specifically the "Styles and Formatting" one. –  Ram Rachum Dec 8 '10 at 17:57
There are ways to edit keyboard shortcuts by going into tools>customize then click on commands tab and rearrange. Not sure if this is a selectable command, but this may get you closer to what you need. Here is a link that describes how to do this - office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/… –  Ben Jones Dec 8 '10 at 18:07
I looked at it. There's a ClosePane command which seems like it should do exactly what I want, but I tried pressing its shortcut, Alt-Shift-C, while the focus is on the "Styles and Formatting" pane, and nothing happened! I even tried assigning a different key-combination to it and it didn't help! –  Ram Rachum Dec 9 '10 at 11:27

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