Changing Hot Keys

In the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Options dialog (File > Options), you can configure custom keyboard shortcuts to quickly access frequently used features. You can modify existing keyboard shortcuts or create new shortcuts for features that do not have a factory default hot key.

How to Change Hot Keys

  1. Select File > Options.
  2. Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
  3. In the Command Scope drop-down, select one of the following:
    • Global Select this to make the keyboard shortcut available throughout the user interface.
    • XML Editor Select this to make the keyboard shortcut available only in the XML Editor. You must select this option if you are assigning a shortcut to a macro you have created.

    Note If you set one shortcut with XML Editor selected and another with Global selected, the XML Editor shortcut has precedence.

  4. (Optional) You can click the Option or Shortcut column headings to sort the columns alphabetically. This can help you more easily find a command or see which shortcut keys are free to use.
  5. In the grid below, select the option whose hot keys you want to change.
  6. In the Key Assignment section, select the hot key that you want to assign to the option.
  7. (Optional) In the Modifier Key Assignment section, you can select the Control Key, Shift Key, and/or Alt Key check boxes if you want to use a combination for the shortcut. For example, if you select D from the list to the right and add check marks to the Shift Key and Alt Key boxes, the new shortcut for the option will be SHIFT+ALT+D.
  8. (Optional) In the Options section, you can assign a hot key to a command that does not appear in the grid above by clicking Unlisted Commands. In the Other Commands dialog, select a command, then click OK. The unlisted command appears in the grid.
  9. (Optional) In the Options section, you can return to the factory default keyboard shortcuts by clicking Reset to Factory Defaults.
  10. Click OK.