mapping keyboard shortcuts for highlighting in word 2002

well that's the problem isn't it.

you can't highlight using keyboard shortcuts and a macro will not record mouse movements. if i could do that it would be very simple. unless i'm missing something simple about macroing.

please explain what you mean with highlighting? A few examples would be nice. Indeed, I didn't understand your "ctrl+shift+f1+f2+3", so it might be a good start to explain that also.

Kees

using the highlight tool to put a color on top of text.

the word equivalent of using a yellow-highlighter.

the keyboard shortcut is just any combo of keys necessary. don't worry about that part. that's...just some fluff that I tacked on there without thinking.

I just typed some text, like abcdef, turned on the macro recorder, used the keyboard to select a few letters like cde, highlighted it using the button on the toolbar and stopped the macro recorder.

Editing the macro (and deleting the part that selected the cde) showed a macro that highlights the selection with a yellow background. I could link this macro to shortcut key, like shift-ctrl-y and then use that shortcut to highlight any selection with a yellow background. That's what you want?

The macro (which I renamed from the default macro1) is:
Sub highlight_yellow()
Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow
End Sub
That's not too difficult, it seems.

Kees