Shortcuts for Styles...

Hi,
I use a lot keyboard shortcuts.
And very often, I want to delete all of them to create new ones or, after I have modified them, reuse the first ones I've created. So:
Is there a way to delete all or for a specific styles group?
Is there a .xml file where they are all defined?
Thank you in advance.

Hi Rob,
I don't think it is the good way to fix my problem. I finally use another tip.
The way I work: I create Para/Char styles groups and, so, I apply shortcuts to the styles (paras by group) I use for the layout.
As and as I advance in the layout, to go faster, I need to delete and create shortcuts.
E.g., I use the X group to treat pages 11-25, the Y group to treat pages 26 to 29, then the Z group on pages 30 to 52 ...
As the styles are well established, I just create 2 reference files:
the first file [ID_Shortcuts_0.indd] includes only the "global" shortcuts, ones I use all the time (e.g., Current_Text [Cmd -0]); no other shortcut for any group para styles.
the second file [ID_Shortcuts_All.indd] includes ALL shortcuts (so, e.g., different styles using the same shortcut).
I've assigned a keyboard shortcut to "load all the paragraph styles " [in french : "Charger tous les styles de paragraphe"] = Cmd-F4.
The trick : I need to get the shortcuts associated to the group X. I do Cmd-F4 and I load all the group X para styles, and only these, from ID_Shortcuts_All.indd. Easy to find them: They are sorted by group. Finally I can get all the shortcuts.
When I switch to Y, I load the group X para styles from ID_Shortcuts_0.indd file [I loose all the group X shortcuts] and then I load group Y styles from ID_Shortcuts_All.indd file [I get all group Y shortcuts]. And so on...
This represents a very fluid ... and carefree manipulation, without risk!

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