Why my shortcut key for Bold option automatically change from 'Ctrl+B' to 'Ctrl+ N'? (Word for Windows)

Anonymous
2024-12-15T08:43:44+00:00

I'm currently using Microsoft 365 and while using word, my shortcut key for Bold option automatically change from 'Ctrl+B' to 'Ctrl+ N'

I have to change it back to 'Ctrl + B' manually (several times) but it keeps automatically changing to 'Ctrl + N' again and again. It is quite annoying.

I change my shortcut for Bold option back to 'crtl + B' as inserted picture

Please let me know how to set 'Ctrl + B' as a shortcut key for Bold option permamently.

Thanks a lot.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | Other | Windows

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  1. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-01-11T13:54:02+00:00

    Since a few days my alteration to the settings has not been changed overnight. It seems that the problem has been resolved, so i am slightly optimistic. To be clear, before then i would alter the settings to have ctrl + B be the combination for bold, but each night they would revert back to ctrl + N, so i just changed it daily. Now it seems to stay the way i want it to.

    I hope that it stays this way!

    That is good news.

    Out of curiosity, have you received the 2412 update for Office?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T13:44:00+00:00

    Since a few days my alteration to the settings has not been changed overnight. It seems that the problem has been resolved, so i am slightly optimistic. To be clear, before then i would alter the settings to have ctrl + B be the combination for bold, but each night they would revert back to ctrl + N, so i just changed it daily. Now it seems to stay the way i want it to.

    I hope that it stays this way!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-10T16:15:02+00:00

    This seems to have worked perfectly, and as an additional action, removed CTRL-N from the list of potential shortcuts for Bold. Thank you

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