The Bond Add-in

Drive Word from your function keys.

Bond rebuilds Microsoft Word's menus around the keys you already have. Press F1 F1 to Save, F1 F7 to Print — a classic menu, fully customisable and entirely keyboard-driven.

Lifetime free updates Windows · Microsoft Word No subscription
F1F1 = Save · try any sequence
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Microsoft Word with the Bond add-in: a function-key command bar and a redesigned Paragraph dialogue box
F1 F2 F3 F4 one key,
one command
4 keystrokes to any of 1,600 commands 12 command bars · 132 commands on screen Fully customisable — saved as plain XML Made in the UK by Bond Interface Design
What's inside

A faster way to command Word.

Eight ways Bond turns menu-hunting into muscle memory — every one built around the function keys.

F1F7

Easy Function Keys

Open any pull-down menu and run its commands with short, memorable key sequences. F1 F1 Save, F1 F7 Print — no reaching for the mouse.

Bond classic menu with the File menu dropped down on function keys
KDDM

Keyboard Drop Down Menu

Map your favourite commands to any of 48 keys, across 12 menus. Press the menu key, then the command key — even pin recent documents to keys.

The Keyboard Drop Down Menu: a full keyboard grid mapped to Word commands
QCB

Quick Command Bars

One function key per command. 11 commands per bar, up to 12 bars on screen — rename, reorder, and toggle them freely.

F1F9

Redesigned dialogue boxes

Large, function-key-labelled buttons that are just as easy for a mouse or a touchscreen. F12 steps forward, Esc steps back.

A redesigned Font dialogue box with large function-key buttons
Hold F1

Hold F1 to find

Hold F1 and start typing. Bond instantly lists every command containing your word — then jump straight to it.

F1F2

Multi-Toggle Buttons

Cycle through options in a dialogue with a single key. Tap F1 or F2 to step through settings without leaving the keyboard.

A01

Font selection made easy

See more fonts at a glance. Jump by first letter or section number, then move with the arrow keys to land on the right one.

Find

Advanced Find

Intuitive find-and-replace built for the keyboard, with enlarged buttons that keep it comfortable for mouse users too.

How it works

Two keys. That's the whole idea.

STEP 01

Press a menu key

Every top-level menu sits on a function key. F1 opens File, F2 Home, F3 Insert — the classic layout you already know.

F1 → File menu
STEP 02

Press a command key

Each command is on a key too. So Save is F1 F1, Print is F1 F7. Learn a few and they become reflexes.

F1+ F1 = Save
STEP 03

Or just search

Can't remember where something lives? Hold F1 and type. Bond finds every matching command as you go.

Hold F1+ type "table"
Make it yours

Custom colour themes, included.

Ship with a set of hand-made themes, or edit the plain XML file and build your own. Red, green, blue, purple — the whole interface recolours in a click.

Aa Aa Aa Aa
The Bond menu shown in a green colour theme
Also from Bond

Program Picker

A lightning-fast program launcher and task switcher. Two keys launch or switch between up to 40 apps; pin up to 8,000 files to tiles and reach the first 1,600 in four keystrokes.

¬F1 launch Firefox
Program Picker tile grid: apps and files mapped to keyboard keys
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