Stroking the Keys in Office 12

A continuation of a good series on the development of the Office 12 UI ...

"There are three ways to use the keyboard to get work done in the new Office 12 UI.

Type 1: Keyboard Shortcuts

Let's start with the simplest and most direct form of keyboard access: keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts are single key combinations that perform a command. Some of the most well-known shortcuts in Office are CTRL+S for save, CTRL+P for print, and CTRL+B for bold.

All of the keyboard shortcuts in Office continue to work exactly as they did in previous versions. In fact, we're doing more in the UI to advertise the keyboard shortcuts and adding new ones based on usage data. That's because keyboard shortcuts will usually be the single most efficient way to perform commands with the keyboard.

Word continues to support customizable keyboard shortcuts as it did in previous versions, although this capability hasn't been extended to any of the other programs yet.

Type 2: Accelerating the Ribbon with KeyTips
Type 3: Office 2003-compatible Keyboard Accelerators"   continued ...   (Via Jensen Harris)

Office 12 Alt Key Function.