This appendix discusses the keyboard shortcuts for invoking HoTMetaL PRO commands and performing other windowing operations.
Many of the shortcuts for invoking commands involve two keys: the KEY:Ctrl key and another key specific to the command.
To invoke the Open... command, for example, hold down the KEY:Ctrl key, and then press the KEY:O key while the other key is held down. This series of keystrokes is denoted KEY:Ctrl-O. In the menu, it is denoted ` ^O'. Other shortcuts consist of a function key, and some commands have two different shortcuts. Note that some older keyboards may not have the KEY:F11 and KEY:F12 keys.
Like other Windows applications, HoTMetaL PRO supports the use of mnemonics for accessing menus and commands from the keyboard. A mnemonic is a letter that is associated with a menu bar menu, command, and sometimes with a dialog box control. Usually the mnemonic will be the first letter of the menu or command name, but in cases where more than one menu, or more than one command within the same menu, starts with the same letter, the mnemonic will be a subsequent letter in the name. Since the mnemonic is always underlined, you can easily tell what it is.
You can bring down a menu at any time by pressing the KEY:Alt key, and then, while KEY:Alt is still depressed, pressing the key with the mnemonic letter. If a menu is visible, you can invoke a command from that menu just by pressing the key with the mnemonic letter. Some controls in file selection dialog boxes are associated with mnemonics. When the dialog box is active, press KEY:Alt plus the mnemonic to activate the control.