Creating New Shortcuts

Creating new shortcuts is carried out via the Keyboard Shortcut Wizard. To get started: on the File menu select the New shortcut item or click the New shortcut button on the toolbar. You can also right-click over the program white space, and then, on the shortcut menu that appears, select New shortcut or simply press the Ctrl+N combination on the keyboard. This will open the wizard window that will guide you through the rest of the process.

The first page of the wizard displays the Action tree, which lists the groups of actions that you can call and the objects you can control with the shortcuts. Each action can include several commands.

To continue, in the wizard window, click on the plus sign [+] by the group of actions you want to call. Then, on the action list that appears, select the action to be called by the new shortcut and then click Next.

On the Settings page that appears, specify the command-specific settings.

Then, on the Keys page, select the shortcut keys to use for this action and then click Next.

To select a shortcut key: select the modifiers and the key by selecting a key on the list at the right - OR - simply press the desired combination of keys. The combination status below will inform you of whether the combination you have selected is available, not recommended or being used.

The ALREADY IN USE status means the selected shortcut is already in use by this or other application(s) and cannot be used with this action; you must select a different combination. For example, the WIN+M combination cannot be used since Windows uses this shortcut for the Minimize All Windows action.

The NOT RECOMMENDED status means the selected shortcut is available and can be used with this action but it isn't recommended since it can cause problems. For example, selecting the SHIFT+Q key will make you unable to type the capital Q letter without pressing the CAPS LOCK key.

Clicking Back will return you one step back; clicking Cancel will cancel the action and return you back to the program.

Next, on the Name and Icon page, enter the shortcut name and select its icon. The program has already assigned the default name and icon, which you can change if you want.

To enter the new shortcut name, click on the corresponding text box and enter the desired name. To restore the default name for the selected shortcut, click the Default name button by this text box.

To change the shortcut icon, click on the Change icon... button. Then, in the Change Icon dialog that appears, select the icon to be assigned to the shortcut and click OK.

If you do not see an icon you like on the collection, you can use your own icon or collection of icons. To open your own icon or collection of icons, in the Change Icon dialog, click the Select icon file option, then click the Browse... button, locate the icon file, and then click OK to complete.

To restore the default icon for the selected shortcut, click the Default icon button next to the Change icon... button.