How can I make my own shortcuts for my apps?

How can I make my own shortcuts for my apps?

Posted 10/10/2007 at 10:38am | by The Mac|Life Staff

Looking for a shortcut? If your program's Help menu can't help, you can create your own shortcut.

 

Launch System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse.

 

Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab and then click the plus-sign icon at the bottom left.

 

A pane will drop; in the Application pull-down menu, choose the application you want to create a keyboard shortcut for and then type the exact name of the menu command that you want to shortcut (see screenshot below).

 

You can figure it out from there! (Disclaimer: In our experience, this technique works with most apps, but not all, and sometimes we had to first open and close the menu that the command was in before the new keyboard command would activate.)

 

Click Add, and Word will display the Save As pane when you press Control-S.

 

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Ernest Phillips

October 10, 2007 at 11:23am

Menu Master is worth checking out (and worth mention here). While not free, it is inexpensive, and nothing could make menu customization easier.

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Anonymous

October 10, 2007 at 4:19pm

Spark is better.

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