Changing Keyboard Shortcuts

The Keyboard Shortcut catalogue shows all keyboard shortcuts for your product. Keyboard shortcuts appear in yellow text or in white text in the list:

To edit a keyboard shortcut:

  1. From the area where you want to use the new keyboard shortcut, open the Keyboard Shortcut Editor.
  2. Select the keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard Shortcut catalogue.

    The keystroke sequence and its description appear in the Keystroke Editor fields. If you select a map-to-button keyboard shortcut, the word “Yes” appears in the Map-to-Button field.

  3. Click Clear in the Keyboard Shortcut Manager area to clear the existing keystroke sequence.
  4. Enter the new keystroke sequence by clicking keys in the Keystroke Editor or by pressing keys on your computer's keyboard.
  5. Click Set in the Keyboard Shortcut Manager area.
  6. Click Save to save the changes to the current user's Keyboard Shortcut catalogue.

    The edited keyboard shortcut is marked in the catalogue with a “Y” to show that it is user-modified.

    Note: If you enter a keystroke sequence that is already in use, an error message is displayed.

Cloning Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use Clone to map multiple keystroke sequences to a single button, field, or function using the regular system keyboard. This feature does not provide macro functionality.

To clone a button, field, or function:

  1. Select a button, field, or function in the Keyboard Shortcut catalogue.
  2. Click Clone in the Keyboard Shortcut Manager area to create a second entry for this button, field, or function.

    A “Y” appears in the Keyboard Shortcut catalogue indicating that the cloned keyboard shortcut is user-modified.

  3. Activate a control or enter a keystroke sequence on the system keyboard).
    Note: You must enter a keystroke sequence that is not in use. Otherwise, an error message appears.
  4. Click Set in the Keyboard Shortcut Manager area of the Keyboard Shortcut Editor.
  5. Click Save to save the changes to the current user catalogue.