Since the November update, Word's Ctrl+B shortcut for bold text has inadvertently changed to function as Ctrl+N, creating new documents instead. Microsoft clarifies this wasn’t an intentional alteration; rather, it is a bug introduced in version 2410. Users are currently advised to customize their shortcuts manually in order to restore original functionality or choose alternative combinations. This situation is a temporary hiccup, and there's hope that a future Word update will revert the Ctrl+B function back to bold text.
User experience has been disturbed by the changes to keyboard shortcuts in Word. Microsoft has listed steps users can take to manually reassign the bold function back to Ctrl+B. Such adjustments can be made via File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize, where users can select the bold function and restore the traditional shortcut. Nonetheless, many are left frustrated by the need to do so, reflecting how integral keyboard shortcuts are to productivity, particularly for avid Word users.
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