Keyboard shortcuts

Select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) or Animate > Keyboard Shortcuts (Macintosh).

Click the Copy to Clipboard button. You can then paste the keyboard shortcut set in any text editor for reference or printing.

Select (Windows) Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts or (Macintosh) Animate > Keyboard Shortcuts .

The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box appears.

Use the following options to add, delete, or edit keyboard shortcuts:

Keyboard Layout Presets

Lets you choose a preset of predetermined shortcuts from the drop-down, or any custom set you may have defined.

Search

Lets you search for any command whose shortcut you want to set or modify. Alternatively, you may drill-down the command within the tree view of commands.

Match Case

Lets you perform a case-sensitive search of the command.

Add

Adds a new shortcut to the selected command. To add a new keyboard shortcut for the selected command, click Add and enter a new key combination. Each command can one keyboard shortcut each; if a shortcut is already assigned to a command, the Add button is disabled.

Undo

Undo the last set shortcut for a command.

Copy to clipboard

Copy the entire list of keyboard shortcuts to clipboard of your Operating System.

Go To Conflict

Navigates to conflicting command. In case of a conflict when setting up a shortcut, a warning message is displayed.

Save shortcuts to a preset

Save the entire set of shortcuts to a preset. Preets can then be selected from the Keyboard Layout Presets drop-down.

Delete Shortcut

Deletes a selected shortcut.

Note:

You cannot use single keys such as delete or page up, ones that are pre-defined for some generic tasks such as deleting content, page scrolling, etc.

Click OK.

From the Commands pop‑up menu, select a command category, select a command from the Commands list.

Click the X mark beside the shortcut.

From the Commands pop‑up menu, select a command category and select a command.

Click the Add button.

Press a key combination.

Note:

If a conflict occurs with the key combination (for example, if the key combination is already assigned to another command), an explanatory message appears just below the Commands list. Click the Go To Conflict button to quickly navigate to the conflicting command, and change the shortcut.

Click Ok.

From the Commands pop‑up menu, select a command category, select a command from the Commands list.

Double-click the shortcut.

Press a new key combination.

Note:

If a conflict occurs with the key combination (for example, if the key combination is already assigned to another command), an explanatory message appears just below the Commands list. Click the Go To Conflict button to quickly navigate to the conflicting command, and change the shortcut.

Keyboard shortcuts

Copy the current shortcut set to clipboard

Create and modify custom keyboard shortcuts

Customize keyboard shortcuts

Remove a shortcut from a command

Add a shortcut to a command

Edit an existing shortcut

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