These ARE NOT 3 full stops so instead of typing 'dot,dot,dot' place your cursor at the end of the shortcut name and (in System Prefs) go to 'Edit/Special Characters.' and either select or drag 'Horizontal Ellipsis' to the end of the shortcut name. One more point, if you are creating a shortcut for a menu item such as TextEdit's 'Format/Fonts/Styles.' the 3 dots at the end of the word 'Styles.' need to be included in your shortcut name (point 6 in instructions above). As pointed out in an earlier post, the shortcut works ONLY when rulers are visible Ctrl + End: It is used to move the cursor at the end of the document. Ctrl + Home: It is used to move the cursor at the beginning of the document. Ctrl + Down arrow: It is used to move to the end of the line or paragraph. Method 2: Strikethrough Text Using Keyboard Shortcuts Drag to select the word or phrase formatted with strikethrough. Now if you select the 'Styles' drop down menu 'Struck through' will have your shortcut next to itġ0. Ctrl + Up arrow: It is used to moves to the start of the line or paragraph. Relaunch text edit and make rulers visible. In 'Keyboard Shortcut' type your desired shortcut (I went for command-alt-s)ĩ.
NOTE* This is the specific name of the action you wish to shortcut so get it right!ħ. In the window which appears, select TextEdit from the Application drop down menu, in the 'Menu Title' area type in 'Struck through' exactly as it appears within the TextEdit 'Styles' menu. Open System Preferences, Select 'Keyboard & Mouse', then the 'Keyboard shortcuts' tabĦ. Once the cells are selected, use the Excel strikethrough shortcut key, Ctrl+5. It has 'Struck through' in it (I'm using TextEdit version 1.5, if you use another version this may be 'Strikethough' instead, if so, in the following instructions replace 'Struck through' with 'Strikethrough')Ĥ. Select the 'Styles' drop down menu in the top left corner. You can apply it by selecting a single cell, parts of a single cell, or a range of cells. Command-R to bring up rulers (if they ain't there already)ģ. The keyboard shortcut to apply strikethrough in Excel is Ctrl+5.