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Use keyboard shortcut sets, Change the active shortcut set, View shortcuts – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual

Page 34: Generate a list of shortcuts for printing, Create a new shortcut set, Create or redefine a shortcut

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USING INDESIGN CS4

Workspace

Use keyboard shortcut sets

Tool tips provide an instantaneous reference for shortcuts. InDesign also provides a shortcut editor in which you can
view and generate a list of all shortcuts, and edit or create your own shortcuts. The shortcut editor includes all the
commands that accept shortcuts, but some of these commands are undefined in the Default shortcut set.

You can also associate keyboard shortcuts with paragraph or character styles (see

Add paragraph and character styles

on page 182) or scripts.

For a video tutorial on using keyboard shortcuts, see

www.adobe.com/go/vid0066

.

See also

Default keyboard shortcuts

” on page 679

Scripting

” on page 634

Change the active shortcut set

1 If you want the shortcut set to be active for all documents, make sure that no documents are open.

2 Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

3 Select a shortcut set in the Set menu. For example, select Shortcuts for QuarkXPress® 4.0.

4 Click OK.

View shortcuts

1 Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

2 For Set, select a shortcut set.

3 For Product Area, select the area containing the commands you want to view.

4 From Commands, select a command. The shortcut is displayed in the Current Shortcut section.

Generate a list of shortcuts for printing

1 Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

2 For Set, select a shortcut set.

3 Click Show Set.

A text file opens with all current and undefined shortcuts for that set.

Create a new shortcut set

1 Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

2 Click New Set.

3 Type a name for the new set, select a shortcut set in the Based On Set menu, and click OK.

Create or redefine a shortcut

1 Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

2 For Set, select a shortcut set or click New Set to create a new shortcut set.

Note: You cannot edit the Default or the QuarkXPress shortcut sets. Instead, create a new set based on one of these sets,
and then edit the new set.

3 For Product Area, select the area containing the command you want to define or redefine.

Updated 18 June 2009