Microsoft Word 2010: Assigning a KEYBOARD shortcut for deleting one line of text?

Question

How can I assign a keyboard shortcut to delete just one line of text in Microsoft Office Word 2010? A macro based solution (in Visual Basic) which could be assigned to a custom keyboard shortcut would be good too. Some similar examples:- in Notepad++ I can delete (cut) the entire current line with Ctrl+L - in NetBeans, I can delete an entire line with Ctrl+E - in Eclipse, I can delete current line with Ctrl+D - etc.

Answer 1

Hi, you can record a macro without having to go through VB. Here are the steps:

In MS Word:

Place your cursor at the beginning of the line you want to delete

Open your Development tab

in the Code group, select Record Macro

Give the macro a name

Assign macro to Keyboard (I used Alt + D)

hit OK - you will see a little cassette with your pointer

Hit the F8 key (to select)

Hit the End key (it selects the whole line)

Hit the Delete key

Go back to the Code Group and stop the Macro

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