Assigning and Viewing Shortcut Keys

You can view existing keyboard shortcuts, assign a keyboard shortcut to menu commands, bound scripts, and tools, and even modify keyboard shortcuts.

To assign shortcut keys to commands and tools:

Choose View > Customize to open the Customize dialog.
Click the Keyboard tab.
In the Set Accelerator for drop-list, pick which application’s shortcuts you want to assign. Choose Default (for Paint Shop Pro’s main workspace) or Browser (for when the Image Browser is active)
In the Category drop-list, select a category. Paint Shop Pro groups related commands into categories. For example, if you pick the File category, all the commands in the file menu are displayed. To list all commands at once, choose All Commands.
In the Command list, select a command name.
The description of the command and any assigned shortcut keys are displayed.
Click in the Press New Shortcut Key field.
Press the new keyboard shortcut you want to assign to the command. The shortcut will appear in the Press New Shortcut Key field. If the shortcut is already assigned to another command, this will display above the field.
Click Assign to assign the new shortcut to the selected command.
Assign more shortcut keys or click Close.

To assign a shortcut key to a bound script:

Choose View > Customize to open the Customize dialog.
Click the Keyboard tab.
In the Set Accelerator for drop-down list, pick which application’s shortcuts you want to assign. Choose Default (for Paint Shop Pro’s main workspace) or Browser (for when the Image Browser is active).
In the Category drop-list, select Bound Script. For more information on bound scripts, see Binding Scripts to Icons. (Note that the Bound Scripts that appear in the Commands list match what appears in the Bound Scripts list of the Scripts tab.)
In the Commands list, select the bound script to which you want to assign a keyboard shortcut.
Click in the Press New Shortcut Key field.
Press the new keyboard shortcut you want to assign to the bound script. The shortcut will appear in the Press New Shortcut Key field. If the shortcut is already assigned to another command, this will display above the field.
Click Assign to assign the new shortcut to the selected bound script.
Assign more shortcut keys as described above, or click Close.

To view all shortcut keys:

Choose Help > Keyboard Map to open the Help Keyboard dialog.
In the Show Accelerator for drop-down list, pick which application’s shortcuts you want to view. Choose Default (for Paint Shop Pro’s main workspace) or Browser (for when the Image Browser is active)
In the Category drop-down list, select a category. Paint Shop Pro groups related commands into categories. For example, if you pick the File category, all the commands in the file menu are displayed. To list all commands at once, choose All Commands.

The commands and their shortcut keys are displayed in the list, sorted by command name. Click any column heading (Command, Keys, or Description) to sort alphabetically by that column.

Note: To print the list of the current category of shortcut keys, click Print in the Keyboard Map dialog’s toolbar. To select commands and copy their information to the clipboard, click Copy .

When you are finished viewing keys, click the Close Window button in the upper right corner.

To modify a keyboard shortcut:

Choose View > Customize to open the Customize dialog.
Click the Keyboard tab.
In the Category drop-list, choose the menu associated with the command, script, or tool for which you want to modify the keyboard shortcut.
In the Commands list, click the item for which you want to modify the keyboard shortcut.
In the Current Keys field, click once on the shortcut to highlight it, then click the Remove button located along the bottom of the dialog.
Click inside the Press New Shortcut Key field so the cursor is blinking, and then press the desired keyboard keys you wish to assign as the new shortcut. (For example, hold down the Alt key and press Q; you'll then see Alt+Q in the Press New Shortcut Key field.) If the keyboard combination you entered is already assigned, this will be displayed above this field. If the keyboard combination is not assigned, you'll see "Assigned to: [Unassigned]" above this field. If you make a mistake entering the keyboard combination, just start over with the correct key since pressing Delete or Backspace will not erase what you entered.
When you're ready to assign the keyboard combination, click Assign.
Click Close to close the Customize dialog.

Assigning and Viewing Shortcut Keys

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