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How to restore F4 "repeat last command" function?

asdfsdfsfwsdfcsdf 11 Reputation points
2022-02-18T20:48:32.897+00:00

Something got knocked loose in one of my documents, and F4 no longer repeats the last command as it normally does. Instead it sets the selected paragraph's style to Normal.

I know how to assign a command to a shortcut, but what command do I want to assign? I can't find anything about this on the Web. I could look it up in another file where F4 still works, but although I know how to find the shortcut key assigned to a given command, I don't know any way to find the command assigned to a given shortcut key.

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  1. Jonathan Sachs 1 Reputation point
    2022-03-03T04:56:10.54+00:00

    The problem is not limited to a single file. It affects some files but not others. I have not identified a common factor in the files affected.

  2. Peter Chambers 0 Reputation points
    2025-02-19T09:00:45.9233333+00:00

    I'd agree the problem lies in File -Options -CustomiseRibbon -KeyboardShortcuts -AllCommands -EditRedoOrRepeat
    For me, F4 re-started to work properly when I made F4 the only keyboard shortcut under EditRedoOrRepeat - previously there was also ?Alt-Enter in there.
    An infuriating problem - it seems Microsoft aren't really interested in anything but getting their users to help themselves?!

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