Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 56)

Using Button Bars
You can create shortcut buttons and place them in the button bar along the top of the
main windows in Final Cut Pro—the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline, and any Tool
Bench windows. (The Tool Bench is a specialized window containing tabs for specific
tasks, such as the Audio Mixer.) You can then click any of the shortcut buttons in the
button bar to perform commands, instead of using keyboard shortcuts or menus.
Button bar in the
Browser with several
shortcut buttons
For more information on using and customizing button bars, see “Customizing the
Interface.”
Using Shortcut Menus
Shortcut menus (also called contextual menus) are available in nearly every section of
every window and offer a quick way to perform various tasks. The commands available
in a shortcut menu depend on the location of the pointer. For example, a shortcut menu
in the Browser shows options different from those available in a shortcut menu in the
Timeline.
To view and use a shortcut menu
1 Press the Control key and click an item (this is called Control-clicking), or Control-click an
area in a window in Final Cut Pro.
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