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Customize keyboard shortcuts
View keyboard shortcuts in the Command Editor
Compressor provides a wide variety of menu commands and keyboard shortcuts that let you
control almost every aspect of your transcoding workow. You can use the Command Editor to
modify existing shortcuts, create new shortcuts, and save multiple sets of keyboard shortcuts
that you can export for others to use. You can also import a set of shortcuts that someone else
created. And if you’re more familiar with keyboard shortcuts from other applications, you can use
the Command Editor to substitute those shortcuts in place of the default set for Compressor.
The Command Editor provides a set of keyboard shortcuts for Compressor in English, Japanese,
French, and German. The language that is shown is determined by your computer’s operating
system. To learn how to change the language used by Compressor, see OS X Help, available from
the Help menu when the Finder is active.
View keyboard shortcuts
1 Choose Compressor > Commands > Customize.
The Command Editor appears.
2 Do any of the following:
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To view keyboard shortcuts by command group: Select one of the command groups in the
lower-left corner of the Command Editor.
The commands in the selected group (and their keyboard shortcuts) appear in the center list.
When you select a command in the center list, a description appears in the Command Detail
list in the lower-right corner of the Command Editor.
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To view commands associated with a specic key: Click a key on the virtual keyboard.
The commands mapped to that key appear (along with the necessary modier keys, if any—
Control, Option, Shift, and Command) in the Key Detail list in the lower-right corner of the
Command Editor.
When you hold down any modier buttons on the keyboard, the key colors update. Key colors
correspond with command classications; for example, playback commands, such as Play/
Pause (Space bar), are purple. The Command Groups window on the left side of the Command
List contains a clickable color key for reference.
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