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Working with shortcut buttons and button bars, P. 139) – Apple Final Cut Express HD User Manual

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Chapter 10

Customizing the Interface

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Working With Shortcut Buttons and Button Bars

Shortcut buttons can be created and placed at the top of the main windows in
Final Cut Express HD—the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline, and any Tool Bench
windows. You can then click any of these shortcut buttons in this “button bar” to
perform commands, instead of entering the key combination or using menus.

Some windows, such as the Timeline and Tool Bench, include some buttons in their
button bar by default. You can delete these buttons, if you like (see “

Removing Shortcut

Buttons

” on page 141).

Shortcut buttons display the icon of the command they perform, providing you with a
visual cue to their function. In addition, when you move the pointer over a shortcut
button, a tooltip for the specified command appears.

Note: Shortcut buttons are automatically saved when you quit Final Cut Express HD.
They are not saved per project.

Shortcut buttons added
to the Browser

Tooltip for a shortcut
button

Icon for a shortcut
button