Are there any plugins for Microsoft Word to format source code samples inside a regular document?

Question

I need to write a technical document in Microsoft Word, with source code samples sprinkled throughout the text.Is there any way, without leaving Microsoft Word (maybe a plugin?), to format the source code snippets within the document - a little button that defines everything as code and formats it appropriately?

Answer 1

I don’t know of any plugins, but you can certainly do it easily enough with styles.  Format a snippet of code the way you want it to appear (indentation, font face, font size, etc.) and select it. Right-click and from the drop-down that appears select Styles, then Save Selection As a New Quick Style.

Give it a name and click on Modify…

 

Make sure this style is available to all documents by clicking on New documents based on this template.

Now you can add a shortcut to the style. Click on the Format button at the bottom and select Shortcut Key.

Select a combination of keys. In this case I chose Shift+Ctrl+Alt+C (which is currently unassigned).

Click on the Assign button to assign the shortcut to those keys.

If you’d prefer a macro, record the steps of assigning the style and then add the macro to a button on your Quick Access Bar. Let me know if you’d like the steps for that.