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Appendix C

Menu Key Accelerators

Introduction

Most menu items in Visual Thought have associated keyboard accelerators. These provide an efficient way to activate menu items from the keyboard. For example, the menu operation FileOpen can be executed by typing Ctrl-O. This appendix summarizes the available menu key accelerators and the operations they perform.

File Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

New

Ctrl-N

Create a new document

New Palette

Ctrl-Shift-N

Create a new palette

Open...

Ctrl-O

Open a document

Save

Ctrl-S

Save the current document

Save As...

Ctrl-Shift-S

Save the current document in a specified file

Export...

Ctrl-Alt-S

Save the current document or selection as an EPS or GIF file

Revert...

Ctrl-R

Revert to the last saved version of the current document

Close

Ctrl-W

Close the current View

Page Layout...

Ctrl-Shift-P

Open the Page Layout dialog

Print...

Ctrl-P

Open the Print dialog

Quit

Ctrl-Q

Quit Visual Thought

Edit Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Undo

Ctrl-Z

Undo the last change to the current document

Redo

Ctrl-Shift-Z

Redo the last undone change to the current document

Cut

Ctrl-X

Delete selected objects and copy them to the clipboard

Copy

Ctrl-C

Copy selected objects to the clipboard

Paste

Ctrl-V

Copy clipboard objects to the current document

Clear

Delete selected objects

Duplicate

Ctrl-D

Duplicate selected objects in the current document

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Selection Dialog...

Ctrl-Shift-A

Open the Selection dialog

Select All

Ctrl-A

Select all objects in the current document

Select Submenu

View Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Zoom

Ctrl-Shift-+

Zoom in (make objects larger)

Unzoom

Ctrl- -

Zoom out (make objects smaller)

Set Zoom...

Ctrl-Shift-*

Open the Set Zoom dialog

Fit in View

Ctrl-'

Fit the current document in its View window

Actual Size

Ctrl-=

Reset the zoom to 100%

Scroll to Selection

Ctrl-;

Scroll to center selected objects in the current View

Hide/Show Rulers

Ctrl-Shift-R

Hide or show rulers in the current View

Hide/Show Tools

Ctrl-Shift-T

Hide or show tool buttons in the current View

Hide/Show
Page Breaks

Ctrl-Shift-B

Hide or show page breaks in the current View

Arrange Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Bring to Front

Ctrl-F

Bring selected objects to the front

Send to Back

Ctrl-Shift-F

Send selected objects to the back

Lock

Ctrl-L

Lock selected objects

Unlock

Ctrl-Shift-L

Unlock selected objects

Group

Ctrl-G

Group selected objects

Ungroup

Ctrl-Shift-G

Ungroup selected objects

Size to Image

Ctrl-Shift-I

Size selected objects to the natural sizes of their attached images

Size Width to Text

Ctrl-E

Size selected objects to their text width

Size Height to Text

Ctrl-Shift-E

Size selected objects to their text height

Flip Horizontally

Ctrl-Shift-H

Invert selected objects about a vertical center line

Flip Vertically

Ctrl-Shift-V

Invert selected objects about a horizontal center line

Turn AutoConnect
Off/On

Ctrl-Shift-C

Turn auto connection of Connections off or on

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Align Dialog...

Ctrl-Shift-@

Open the Align dialog

Align to Grid

Ctrl-J

Align selected objects to the grid

Align in Row

Ctrl-6

Move selected objects vertically to coincide on a horizontal line

Align in Column

Ctrl-7

Move selected objects horizontally to coincide on a vertical line

Spread along Row

Ctrl-8

Spread selected objects horizontally

Spread along
Column

Ctrl-9

Spread selected objects vertically

Align Submenu

Grid Submenu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Grid Dialog...

Ctrl-Shift-#

Open the Grid dialog

Size to Grid

Ctrl-Shift-J

Size selected objects to the grid

Show/Hide Grid

Ctrl-K

Show or hide the grid in the current View

Turn Snap Off/On

Ctrl-Shift-K

Turn grid snap off or on in the current View

Text Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Font Chooser...

Ctrl-T

Open the font chooser

Smaller

Ctrl-Shift-<

Reduce size of selected text by one point

Larger

Ctrl-Shift->

Increase size of selected text by one point

Plain

Ctrl-Y

Remove emphasis from selected text

Bold

Ctrl-B

Bold selected text

Italic

Ctrl-I

Italicize selected text

Underline

Ctrl-U

Underline selected text

Strikethru

Ctrl-M

Strike through selected text

Left Justify

Ctrl-[

Left justify selected paragraphs

Center Justify

Ctrl-Shift-|

Center justify selected paragraphs

Right Justify

Ctrl-]

Right justify selected paragraphs

Superscript

Ctrl-/

Superscript selected text

Unscript

Ctrl-Shift-_

Remove scripting from selected text

Subscript

Ctrl-\

Subscript selected text

Windows Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

New Window

Ctrl-Alt-N

Create a new View of the current document

Close Window

Ctrl-W

Close the current View

Iconify Window

Ctrl-Alt-W

Iconify the current View

Raise Application

Ctrl-Alt-A

Raise the Main window

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Raise Inspector

Ctrl-Alt-I

Open the Inspector window

Attachments Inspector

Ctrl-1

Select the Inspector Attachments panel

Shape Inspector

Ctrl-2

Select the Inspector Shape panel

Position Inspector

Ctrl-3

Select the Inspector Position panel

Style Inspector

Ctrl-4

Select the Inspector Style panel

Text Inspector

Ctrl-5

Select the Inspector Text panel

Inspector Submenu

Services Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Selection

Ctrl-Alt-1

Grab the screen region selected by dragging the mouse

Window

Ctrl-Alt-2

Grab a window selected by clicking the mouse

Root Window

Ctrl-Alt-3

Grab the entire screen

Timed Selection

Ctrl-Alt-4

Delayed grab of the screen region selected by dragging the mouse

Timed Window

Ctrl-Alt-5

Delayed grab of a window selected by clicking the mouse

Timed Root Window

Ctrl-Alt-6

Delayed grab of the entire screen

Options Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

About Visual Thought...

Ctrl-Shift-~

Open the Visual Thought About dialog

Suggestion...

Ctrl-Shift-!

Open the Suggestion dialog

License...

Ctrl-Shift-$

Open the License dialog

Palettes...

Ctrl-Alt-P

Open a palette document

Examples...

Ctrl-Alt-E

Open an example document

Sound Editor Edit Menu

Menu Item

Key

Operation

Cut

Ctrl-X

Delete selection and copy to the clipboard

Copy

Ctrl-C

Copy selection to the clipboard

Paste

Ctrl-V

Copy clipboard contents to the current recording

Clear

Ctrl-B

Delete selection

Duplicate

Ctrl-D

Duplicate selection in the current recording



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