Here is what you do:
- Open a topic and go to a paragraph (or text item) that doesn't have the style applied yet.
- On the Tools ribbon in the Macros section click Record.
- Give the macro a meaningful name. For example, I created a macro to apply a note paragraph style, so I called my macro 'ParagraphNoteStyle'. The macro will being recording.
- Click in the paragraph that you want to style (or select the word you want to apply a span style to), and use the existing keyboard shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + H to pull up the style picker
- Using your KEYBOARD (not your mouse) type in the name of the style you want to apply. In my case, the style is 'p.note', so I typed exactly that (no quote). You see that the correct style is highlighted in the picker. Press Enter on your keyboard.
- On the Tools ribbon in the Macros section click Stop.
- Click in an unstylized paragraph or select some unstylized text and click the Macro Playback button, then select your new macro. If your style is applied, continue to the next step. If your style is not applied, you did something wrong, go back and fix the macro before continuing.
- In the File menu/ribbon, click the Options button (bottom-right corner of the File panel).
- Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
- On the top of the window, select "XML Editor" from the dropdown list
- Click the "Option" table row head to sort by Option, then scroll through the list to find your macro. It will begin with 'Playback" and will be in the format: "Playback:<Your_Macro_Name>". Click the macro name to select it.
- Select a Key Assignment from the right column.
- Select a Modifier Key Assignment.
- Click OK.
- To test, go to an unsylized piece of content, and use your keyboard shortcut to apply the style. (If it is a paragraph/block style, then don't select anything. However, if it is a character/span style, then select the text before you use the keyboard shortcut.