Rearranging, moving, and copying shortcut buttons, Changing shortcut button colors, Removing shortcut buttons – Apple Final Cut Express HD User Manual

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Chapter 10

Customizing the Interface

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Rearranging, Moving, and Copying Shortcut Buttons

New shortcut buttons are placed to the left or right of existing buttons. You can move
and copy shortcut buttons within a window and to different windows. You can also add
“spacers” between shortcut buttons to organize them in the button bar.

To rearrange shortcut buttons in a button bar:

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In the button bar, drag shortcut buttons where you want them to appear.

To add a spacer to a button bar:

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Control-click the button bar, then choose Add Spacer from the shortcut menu.

To move spacers in a button bar:

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Drag the spacer where you want it to appear in the button bar.

To remove a space in a button bar:

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Drag the spacer out of the window.

To move shortcut buttons to a different window:

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Drag the shortcut button from one window to another window.

To copy a shortcut button to a different window:

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Press and hold down the Option key, then drag the shortcut button from one window
to another.

Changing Shortcut Button Colors

You can change the color of individual buttons in a button bar.

To change the color of a shortcut button:

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Control-click any shortcut button in the button bar, choose Color from the shortcut
menu, then choose a color from the submenu.

Available colors are: Plain, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue and Purple. The default color is
Plain (gray).

Removing Shortcut Buttons

You can remove one or all shortcut buttons from a button bar at any time.

To remove a shortcut button from a button bar, do one of the following:

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Drag the shortcut button you want to delete out of the window.

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Control-click the shortcut button, choose Remove from the shortcut menu, then
choose Button from the submenu.

Spacer added
between buttons

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