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Author Message Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, LEED-AP, MAI, RLA Senior Member Username: tsugaguy Post Number: 245 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 05:03 pm:    For those of you who like macros: Sub Tree() 'map to keystroke Alt+T ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = Not ActiveWindow.DocumentMap ActiveWindow.View.ShowHeading 2 End Sub Per line of code, I think this is the handiest spec-related macro I've written. It helps you quickly navigate through long documents using Word's document map. It should work with about any document that uses outline numbering. The ShowHeading 2 option seems to works well with MasterSpec documents, and can be adjusted to your preference - maybe to 3 if you like a bit more detail. After saving the macro in your normal.dot (if you don't know how yet, Alt+F8 -> Create will get you started), you can map to a keystroke (I use Alt+T). Go to Tools, Customize, click Keyboard button, scroll way down in left pane and click on Macros, scroll to and click on your new macro in right pane, click in "Press new shortcut key" box, type Alt+T, click Asign, Close, Close. Now hitting Alt+T will toggle the tree on or off. Disclaimer: If your computer blows up, or you suffer emotional harm, neither I nor my employer had anything to do with do it! By the way (Tim, I don't dare abbreviate!), have used on Word 2000 - 2003. Not anticipating any problems in 2007, just haven't tested it. David Stutzman Senior Member Username: david_stutzman Post Number: 61 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 07:33 pm:    Sweet. I love this. Thank you. Now a single key stroke instead of multiple clicks. I had been searching for the right code to do exactly this but was unable to find it. Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 435 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 10:26 pm:    "It's got a good beat. You can dance to it. I'll give it a ... 10." (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Monday, May 10, 2010 - 08:01 pm:    I haven't created the macro, but doesn't adding and clicking the 'document map' icon to the toolbar do the same thing? Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, LEED-AP, MAI, RLA Senior Member Username: tsugaguy Post Number: 246 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 02:52 pm:    this approach goes a couple steps further. it shrinks the tree to a useful size, and it maps to a keystroke.