User Guide Manual
• Shift+Tab key combination — Reverses the direction of the <Tab> key function.
• Arrow ( ,  ,  , and  ) Keys — Navigate up, down, left, and right within any of 
the areas outlined in figure 56.
• Enter Key — Performs the same action as a mouse double-click. For 
example, it can open the context menu from which a processor type can be selected, 
or open a dialog box when applicable. When an action button is highlighted, <Enter> 
executes the button action and toggles the button when applicable.
• Control key — The <Ctrl> key can be used in the following shortcuts.
• <Ctrl+X> — Cut the selected elements.
• <Ctrl+C> — Copy the selected elements.
• <Ctrl+V> — Paste the selected elements from a previous cut or copy.
• <Ctrl+A> — The first press of the <Ctrl+A> combination highlights all matrix block 
nodes. 
• Alt key — <Alt> is used with specific letter keys to open and navigate task bar 
menus. When the <Alt> key is pressed and released, the File menu opens. When 
the <Alt> key is pressed and held, the first letters in the menu titles (File, Edit, View, 
Tools, Window, or Help) become underlined. Press the underlined letter key to open 
that menu.
• Once a task bar menu opens, use the <Up> and <Down> arrow keys to move up 
and down in the menu or submenu, use the <Right> arrow key to open a submenu (if 
applicable), and use the <Esc> key to back out of an active menu or submenu.
DSP Configurator-unique Navigation
Highlighting and marking items, cutting or copying, saving a preset:
When an item within the program is selected, it is highlighted by a green boundary box. 
One or more highlighted items can be cut, copied, pasted, or saved as a preset. The cut, 
copy, and paste functions can be performed using the task bar menus (see the <Alt> key, 
above) or the shortcuts described on the previous page.
NOTE:  When an item is cut, it is not removed from its original location until it has 
been pasted in its new location.
Highlight multiple elements for cut, copy, paste, or a preset as follows:
1.  Use the <Arrow> ( ,  ,  , and  ) keys to move to the first block to be highlighted. 
2.  To highlight a block:
a.  Press and hold the <Shift> key, then use the <Arrow> keys to navigate away 
from the selected block.
b.  To highlight additional sequential blocks, continue to hold the <Shift> key, 
then use the <Arrow> keys to navigate away from the selected block. Additional 
blocks will be highlighted as long as <Shift> is pressed. When the last element 
is highlighted, move the highlight box one additional block, then release the 
<Shift> key.
3.  To move away from the highlighted block or set of sequential blocks, or to highlight 
non-sequential blocks:
a.  After highlighting blocks in step 2, press and hold <Ctrl>, then use the <Arrow> 
keys to navigate to the next desired element. As long as the <Ctrl> key is 
held down, the block moved away from will not be highlighted. If the block is 
highlighted, it will be unhighlighted.
b.  Release the <Ctrl> key, but do not press any <Arrow> keys.
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