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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS3FA6B978-3A3F-4bc8-9E94-13AE6FB766C8a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Change the active shortcut set</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS07325CA7-27B5-43d3-AFBE-97C2F33EC745a"><h4 class="topictitle4">View shortcuts</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS25D78F47-35DD-43a6-A27B-F1AF62632F77a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Generate a list of shortcuts for printing</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS24890816-A857-4e5c-879F-D5AA9FECE976a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create a new shortcut set</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS110BA5D7-FA8C-4b28-A4AD-8D3C6E8D19DCa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create or redefine a shortcut</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSBE435A85-4DBA-439a-BCA8-CB617134A8B8"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copying keyboard shortcut sets</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>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.</p>
<p>You can also associate keyboard
shortcuts with paragraph or character styles (see <a href="WS60910FA3-2BD7-449d-9904-05CFA551665Da.html">Add paragraph and character styles</a>) or scripts.</p>
<p>For a video
on using keyboard shortcuts, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0066" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0066</a>. </p>
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<div id="WS3FA6B978-3A3F-4bc8-9E94-13AE6FB766C8a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3FA6B978-3A3F-4bc8-9E94-13AE6FB766C8a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change the active shortcut set</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts.</span></li>
<li><span>Select a shortcut set in the Set menu. For example, select
Shortcuts for QuarkXPress® 4.0.</span></li>
<li><span>Click OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS07325CA7-27B5-43d3-AFBE-97C2F33EC745a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS07325CA7-27B5-43d3-AFBE-97C2F33EC745a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">View shortcuts</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts.</span></li>
<li><span>For Set, select a shortcut set.</span></li>
<li><span>For Product Area, select the area containing the commands
you want to view.</span></li>
<li><span>From Commands, select a command. The shortcut is displayed
in the Current Shortcut section.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS25D78F47-35DD-43a6-A27B-F1AF62632F77a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS25D78F47-35DD-43a6-A27B-F1AF62632F77a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Generate a list of shortcuts for printing</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts.</span></li>
<li><span>For Set, select a shortcut set.</span></li>
<li><span>Click Show Set.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>A text file opens with all current and undefined shortcuts
for that set.</p>
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<div id="WS24890816-A857-4e5c-879F-D5AA9FECE976a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS24890816-A857-4e5c-879F-D5AA9FECE976a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a new shortcut set</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts.</span></li>
<li><span>Click New Set.</span></li>
<li><span>Type a name for the new set, select a shortcut set in
the Based On Set menu, and click OK.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS110BA5D7-FA8C-4b28-A4AD-8D3C6E8D19DCa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS110BA5D7-FA8C-4b28-A4AD-8D3C6E8D19DCa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create or redefine a shortcut</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Set, select a shortcut set or click New Set to&#160;create
a new shortcut set.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Do not 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.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>For Product Area, select the area containing the&#160;command
you want to define or redefine.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Commands list, select the command that you want
to define or redefine.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the New Shortcut box, press the keys for your new
keyboard shortcut. If the key sequence is currently being used for
another command, InDesign displays that command under Current Shortcuts.
You can choose to change the original shortcut also, or try another
shortcut.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Do not assign single-key shortcuts to
menu commands, because they interfere with the typing of text. If
an insertion point is active when you type a single-key shortcut,
InDesign actives the keyboard shortcut instead of inserting the
character in the text.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Context list, select the context in which you
want the keyboard shortcut to function. The context ensures that
the shortcut performs the way you intended. For example, you can
assign Ctrl+G to merge table cells (Table context) and Ctrl+G to
insert special characters (Text context).</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Assign shortcuts in the Default context
when you want them to function regardless of the current state of
the document. Shortcuts you assign in other contexts, such as Table
or Text, override shortcuts assigned in the Default context.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click Assign to create a new shortcut where
none currently exists.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click Assign to add another shortcut to a command.
Menu commands can have multiple keyboard shortcuts.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click OK to close the dialog box, or click Save to&#160;keep
the dialog box open while you enter more shortcuts.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSBE435A85-4DBA-439a-BCA8-CB617134A8B8" class="nochunk"><a name="WSBE435A85-4DBA-439a-BCA8-CB617134A8B8"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copying keyboard shortcut sets</h3><div><div class="section"><p>Keyboard shortcut sets (*.indk) are saved
in two locations. The application preset shortcuts appear in the
Presets folder in the main application folder. The shortcut sets
you create appear in the Shortcut Sets folder in the following locations:</p>
<div class="para"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Windows XP</dt>
<dd>Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\InDesign\[version]\[language]InDesign
Shortcut Sets</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Windows Vista</dt>
<dd>Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\[Version]\[Language]\InDesign
Shortcut Sets</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Mac&#160;OS</dt>
<dd>Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/[version]/[language]/InDesign
Shortcut Sets</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
<p>If you created a keyboard
shortcut set on one computer and want to use it on a different computer,
copy the *.indk file to the same location on the other computer. </p>
<p>You
can want to move a keyboard set from the custom location to the
application folder. Doing so makes the custom shortcuts available
to all the users sharing a computer. However, make sure that you
do not have two sets with the same name, one in each place. Make
sure that the application keyboard sets and the custom sets have
different names.</p>
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