Assign menu keys to menu commands, Remove an existing keyboard shortcut – Nisus Writer Express User Manual
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Click a Clipboard’s name in the Preferences dialog then click Make Active to make it the active
“Current Clipboard”.
▶
Click a Clipboard’s name in the Preferences dialog then click Edit Clipboard to open it as
another Nisus Writer Express window and edit its contents.
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Click a Clipboard’s name in the Preferences dialog then click Delete to delete the selected
Clipboard.
Assign Menu Keys to Menu Commands
While studies show that, in general, using the mouse is faster than using the keyboard, in many
instances, writers need to keep their fingers on the keys. You can use your keyboard to choose
almost any command available in Nisus Writer Express.
☞
You can use any number of keys to execute your menu command. This makes the mnemonic device
much easier. For example you can use the standard
A
c
for Copy and extend that with
A
c t
f
for Copy to Find.
1.
Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu and check Menu Keys at the top of
the dialog to customize the keystroke sequences to any menu command.
This a menu “browser” (like the “file browser” in the Finder).
Figure 201
The Menu Keys section of the Preferences dialog with non-Roman characters pasted in
2.
Choose a command from any menu.
3.
Type the keys you want to use to call that menu command. In addition, you can add any of the
modifier keys to achieve additional combinations.
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Check Shift to require
1
to be part of your keyboard shortcut. When assigned, it appears
on the menus as
1
.
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Check Option to require
4
to be part of your keyboard shortcut. When assigned, it
appears on the menus as
4
.
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Check Control to require
6 to be part of your keyboard shortcut. When assigned, it
appears on the menus as
6.
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The Numbers Keypad (for those who have one) functions the same was as if it were one of
those on the number row (above the “qwertyuiop[]\” row). However, you cannot use the
Numbers Keypad keys in conjunction with the alphabetic or numeric keys of the remainder
of the keyboard for a shortcut.
4.
Click Set to confirm your keyboard shortcut.