Creating or Changing Keyboard Shortcuts (accelerators)

[BADSOCREF]

I've created a macro in Excel (or Word or Powerpoint), and want to add
or change the keyboard shortcut. Macro runs just fine, but I cannot
figure out how to add or change the keyboard shortcut (aka
accelerator). This ought to be easy enough, but the terms used are
not very user-friendly. I ask for visual basic help and get the
following gibberish

1. In design mode, select the control on the form
2. In the properties window, select the accelerator property
3. Enter a single character as the value for accelerator

OK, I can find the design mode icon, but that's about it. What is
meant by "the control"? What is meant by "the form". I've clicked
everything I can find on every window that's open and I cannot find an
accelerator property for any of them (even if there's already a
keyboard shortcut assigned for the macro).

PLEASE HELP ME!

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[Steve Rindsberg]

> I've created a macro in Excel (or Word or Powerpoint), and want to add
> or change the keyboard shortcut. Macro runs just fine, but I cannot
> figure out how to add or change the keyboard shortcut (aka
> accelerator). This ought to be easy enough, but the terms used are
> not very user-friendly. I ask for visual basic help and get the
> following gibberish
>
> 1. In design mode, select the control on the form
> 2. In the properties window, select the accelerator property
> 3. Enter a single character as the value for accelerator

That's only true for controls (buttons, list boxes, stuff like that) on a
form (ie, a dialog box-type thingie you've created yourself).

You can't assign accelerator keys to macros in PowerPoint.
Why? Dunno. Annoys me too.

But at least now you can stop whacking your head against that particular
wall. And move on to a new one? <g>