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# Keystroke Conventions

When creating and editing hotkeys, the following keystroke conventions apply:

- You are limited to four keystrokes per hotkey operation.
- Keystrokes in a hotkey operation are pressed at the same time.
- You cannot use a combination of keystrokes more than once.

Logical Ordering

Logical ordering means that the keystrokes in a hotkey combination are organized to conform to conventions, regardless of the order in which you enter them. Keys are saved in alphanumeric order except for the following:

- Alt, Shift, Ctrl, and Space are always saved in that order, regardless of the order in which you enter them.
- Alt, Shift, Ctrl, and Space are always forced to the beginning of a keystroke sequence.
- Del, Ins, Home, PgUp, End, and PgDn are always forced to the end of a keystroke sequence.

Since logical ordering is applied to hotkey combinations, you cannot use a combination of keystrokes more than once.