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Create a custom keyboard shortcut

Would you like to create a keyboard shortcut to your favorite command-option combination? For example, I use Zoom Extents an awful lot, but it's hidden on the Zoom flyout. I could put it on a custom toolbar, but another option is to create a keyboard shortcut. Here are the steps:

  1. Enter cui to open the Customize User Interface dialog box.
  2. In the Command List pane, click the New button.
  3. In the Properties pane, you can now specify your new command. Enter a name and a macro. My macro was zoom e

  1. In the Customizations In pane at the top, expand Partial CUI Files, then Custom, then Keyboard Shortcuts, so you can see the Shortcut Keys item.
  2. Find your new command in the Command List pane (it's listed under the name you gave it) and drag it to the Shortcut Keys item in the top pane.
  3. Click the command where it appears in the top pane. Its Properties pane now shows a Key(s) item. Click that item and then click its Ellipsis button. The Shortcut Keys dialog box opens.

  1. Press the shortcut key combination you want to use and you can see if it's unassigned -- or assigned to something you never use. Click OK.
  2. Click OK to close the Customize User Interface dialog box.
  3. Try out your new shortcut!

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