TIP 2: Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts


We strongly believe that software should be flexible and allow the user to customize as much as possible. One practical way that GoLive allows you to make the software adapt to how you work is through customizable keyboard shortcuts. If there's an obscure menu command you happen to use frequently, there's no need to send a feature request to Adobe to change it. Open the Keyboard Shortcuts Editor from Edit menu to assign a custom keyboard shortcut (Figure 2).

Figure 2. The Keyboard Shortcuts Editor lets you add, remove, and reassign custom keyboard shortcuts for the menu commands you use most often.


Returning to Default Shortcuts

If a friend or coworker ever needs to use GoLive on your computer, and your custom keyboard shortcuts are confusing them, just temporarily switch back to the GoLive Factory Default set. You can always switch back to your custom set.


Sharing Shortcuts

If you create a great set of keyboard shortcuts you'll want to make them the same on every computer you work on and maybe even share them with coworkers. Copy the shortcuts setting file from User/Library/Preferences/Adobe/GoLive/Settings8/Shortcuts on Mac or Documents and Settings/User/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe GoLive/Settings8/Shortcuts on Windows to the same location on the other machine.


Notice at the very top of the dialog there is a default set in place called GoLive Factory Defaults. To create your own set, just click the New Set… button, name the set, and click OK.

Now select the command in the menu listing that you want to customize and type the new shortcut in the Press New Shortcut field at the bottom of the dialog. If you assign a menu command a keyboard shortcut that is already assigned to another command, you'll see a warning at the bottom of the dialog that tells you what the shortcut is currently assigned to. In most cases you'll want to find a unique shortcut that isn't already taken, but if you want to make the change anyway, click the Assign button, and the shortcut will be removed from the old command and assigned to the new command.



    Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks The 250 Best
    Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks The 250 Best
    ISBN: B008CMGJS0
    EAN: N/A
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 301

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