Word · Open the Styles pane
Styles
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+SMac
Not on this systemOpens the Styles pane listing every style in the document; Word for Mac keeps that pane in its Toolbox with no default binding, so you have to assign one under Tools and Customize Keyboard.
- Group
- Styles
- Keys held
- 4
Press Alt in Word for Windows and every ribbon button shows a letter, so even a command with no combination is reachable as a sequence — Office for Mac has no such key tips.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Open the Styles pane in Word?
Opens the Styles pane listing every style in the document; Word for Mac keeps that pane in its Toolbox with no default binding, so you have to assign one under Tools and Customize Keyboard. It is Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S on Windows and — on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S on Windows, — on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
4 pressed together. The combination sits under Styles in Word.