How to create a specific Keyboard Shortcut?
Author: 2008-07-24 07:17:33 From:
| Let us learn how to create a keyboard shortcut key in this short tutorial. Follow the steps as shown below: |
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| 1) Go to "Tools" menu and click on "Customize" and then select "Interface" from the sub menu as shown in Figure 1.. |
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| Figure 1 |
| 2) When "Customize User Interface" click on "Customize" tab and then click on (+) sign next to "Keyboard Shortcuts" to expand it as shown in Figure 2.. |
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| Figure 2. |
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| 3) Now click on sign (+) next to "Shortcut Keys" to expand it as shown in Figure 3.. |
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| Figure 3. |
| 4) Now drag and drop a command from "Commands List" box to add to a location in the Shortcut Keys node of the Customizations In pane as shown in Figure 4.. |
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| Figure 4. |
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| 5) Now you can see that in "Properties" pane the properties for the new shortcut key that we created is displayed. Now under "Access" click on "Keys" box and click (...) box to open "Shortcut Keys" dailog box as shown in Figure 5.. |
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| Figure 5. |
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| 6) When "Shortcut Keys" dailog box appears place the cursor in "Press new shortcut key" box and hold a modifier key (CTRL or SHIFT) and press a letter, number, or function key as shown in Figure 6. Under the Press New Shortcut Key box, Currently Assigned To displays any current assignments for the shortcut key. If you do not want to replace the current assignment, use a different shortcut key. Otherwise, click Assign. Note More than one command can share the same shortcut, but only the last command assigned will be active. Click OK to assign the shortcut key and close the Shortcut Keys dialog box. In the Customize User Interface dialog box, click OK. Valid modifier keys include the following: |
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  Function (Fn) keys containing no modifiers |
| CTRL+letter, CTRL+number, CTRL+function key |
| CTRL+ALT+letter, CTRL+ALT+number, CTRL+ALT+function key |
| SHIFT+CTRL+letter, SHIFT+CTRL+number, SHIFT+CTRL+function key |
| SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+letter, SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+number, SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+function key |
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| Figure 6. |
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