Microsoft KB Archive/146863

= How To Add Shortcut Key to Menu Item Using Chr Function =

Article ID: 146863

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c

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This article was previously published under Q146863





SUMMARY
If you want to specify a keystroke combination for a custom menu item that starts a macro, you can use the Chr function to right-align the text for the keystroke combination.



MORE INFORMATION
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Visual Basic Procedure
The following procedure will add a custom menu item with a keystroke combination that is right-aligned: Sub AddCommandMenu Application.MenuBars(xlWorksheet).Menus("&Edit").MenuItems.Add _ Caption:="Command1" & Chr(8) & "Ctrl+K", OnAction:="MenuShortCutKey" Application.Onkey "^k", "MenuShortCutKey" End Sub

Sub MenuShortcutKey MsgBox "There is now a shortcutkey" End Sub

