System information
Editing or creating new shortcuts
1. Click a tab in the middle of the dialog to indicate the type of command you want to assign to a
keyboard shortcut.
2. Select a command in the list.
You can type a word in the Show commands containing box to filter the list of commands to
display only commands that contain the word you typed.
3. Click the Shortcut keys box and press the key combination you want to assign to the selected
command.
4. Click the Add button to assign the key combination in the Shortcut keys box to the selected
command.
Saving a keyboard map
Click the Save as button and type a name to save your current keyboard shortcuts to an .ini file in the
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Sony\Vegas Pro\12.0 folder.
The AppData folder is not visible unless the Show hidden files and folders radio button is selected on
the View tab of the Windows Folder Options control panel.
You can use this file as a backup or to share your keyboard shortcuts with other Vegas Pro users.
Deleting a keyboard map
Choose a mapping from the Keyboard map drop-down list and click the Delete button to remove the
selected keyboard mapping.
You cannot delete the default Vegas Pro keyboard mapping.
Importing or renaming a keyboard map
Copy a Vegas Pro keyboard mapping .ini file to the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Sony\Vegas
Pro\12.0 folder.
The AppData folder is not visible unless the Show hidden files and folders radio button is selected on
the View tab of the Windows Folder Options control panel.
The next time you start Vegas Pro, the new keyboard mapping will be available from the Keyboard map
drop-down list in the Customize Keyboard dialog.
If you want to edit a the name used to identify a keyboard mapping in the Customize Keyboard
dialog, open the .ini file in a text editor and change the <Display Name> portion of the
Name=<Display Name> entry. Save the .ini file and restart Vegas Pro to use the new name.
Resetting the default keyboard map
Choose [Default] from the Keyboard map drop-down list and click OK to restore the default configuration.
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