Use the Hotkey Manager area of the Hotkey Editor to manage the Hotkey catalogues.
- Clear
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Clears the contents of the Keystroke field in the Keystroke Editor before you enter a new keystroke sequence.
- Set
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Is the second-to-final step when assigning a keystroke sequence to a button or function. You must use Save as the final step
to make the change permanent. See
Editing Hotkeys and
Creating New Local Hotkeys.
- Reset
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Resets the current local hotkeys to their default settings.
- Reload
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Reloads the current catalogue of hotkeys. This is useful if you made a change but have not yet saved it, and you wish to discard
the change.
- Save
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Saves the current hotkeys to the current user's Hotkey catalogue.
- Reset All
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Resets all hotkeys to their default settings.
- Reload All
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Reloads all hotkeys from the current user's Hotkey catalogue.
- Save All
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Saves all hotkeys to the current user's Hotkey catalogue.
- Hide Panel
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Hides the Hotkey Editor panel when you want to select a menu button otherwise hidden by the panel. The panel reappears when
you select a menu button. Alternatively, click in an open area to return to the Hotkey Editor panel without selecting anything.
NoteThis button is only available when accessing the Hotkey Editor from a module.
- Clone
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Used to assign a regular keyboard keystroke sequence to a single button, field, or function. You can use Clone to map multiple
keystroke sequences to a single button, field, or function using the regular system keyboard. This feature does not provide
macro functionality.
To clone a button, field, or function:
- Select a button, field, or function in the Hotkey catalogue.
- Click Clone in the Hotkey Manager area to create a second entry for this button, field, or function.
A “Y” appears in the Hotkey catalogue indicating that the cloned hotkey is user-modified.
- Activate a control or enter a keystroke sequence on the system keyboard).
NoteYou must enter a keystroke sequence that is not in use. Otherwise, an error message appears.
- Click Set in the Hotkey Manager area of the Hotkey Editor.
- Click Save to save the changes to the current user catalogue.