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Keyboard shortcuts are keyboard alternatives you

can use to initiate actions (commands or tools)

normally accessed with the mouse. For example,

to open the Select Objects dialog, you c an press the

H key, or you can change the act ive viewport to a

view from the b ottom by pressing

B .Keyboard

shortcuts let you work faster and more efficiently.

Many keyboard shortcuts are already set for

most commonly used actions. Throughout this

reference, command descriptions include the

default shortcut, if there is one: look for the path

annotation (with a gray background) at the top

of the page.

To modify or add new shortcuts, use the Keyboard

panel (page 3–793) of the Customize User Interface

dialog (page 3–792).Keyboardshortcutsare

separated by Groups or Categories of groups and

they organize Actions.

Groups—organize the A ctions for which you can

set shortcuts. Default=Main UI.

Cate gories—offerafurtherbreakdownofthe

Actions in a Group to specific categories. This lets

you quickly find an Action so you can assign or

adjust a shortcut.

Actions—are commands or tools.

In most cases you can close a dialog with the same

command used to open it. In general this applies

to an y combination of input methods, including

menu, toolbar button, and keyboard shortcuts.

For more information, see To g g li ng D ial o g s (pag e

3–670).

Viewing t he A ssigned S hor t cut s

To see the currently assigned keyboard shortcuts,

you can create a text ( TXT) file of all the ac tions

and their shortcuts. Go to the Keyboard panel

(page 3–793) of the Customize User Interface dialog

(page 3–792),andthenclickWriteKeyboard

Chart. All actions that can have a shortcut

assigned to them are listed. For actions with no

defaultshortcutassigned,theShortcutcolumn

entry is blank.

If you click Reset on the Keyboard panel before

you click Write Keyboard Chart, the text files

shows the default keyboard shortcut a ssignments.

Ho wever, this loses any custom shortcuts you

might have created before.