Use Keyboard To Work With Ribbon. There is another way you can use to use the keyboard to work with Ribbon Programs and that is by pressing certain keyscommands to go to the specific ribbon. Although you can apply Strikethrough on the Home tab in the Ribbon or use the Font dialog box you can also write your own Strikethrough keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Word.
If you want to access the ribbon by using the keyboard press the left Alt keyboard shortcut. On Windows use Control F1. I do not think you can do it for ribbon pressing ALT shows hints about NeXT keystroke for selecting tabs or buttons Thursday March 14 2013 1102 AM Reply.
Use the Tab key to move through menu options on some tabs press Spacebar or Enter to select.
Unfortunately you cant use letter shortcuts. In some cases you have to first press the letter of the group that contains the control. I do not think you can do it for ribbon pressing ALT shows hints about NeXT keystroke for selecting tabs or buttons Thursday March 14 2013 1102 AM Reply. Tip To cancel the action that you are taking and hide the KeyTips press the ALT key.