Operation Manual

General keyboard shortcuts
Opening menus and menu items
Shortcut Keys Result
Alt+<?>
Opens a menu where <?> is the underlined character of the menu
you want to open. For example, Alt+F opens the menu File
With the menu open, you will again find underlined characters. You
can access these menu items directly by simply pressing the
underlined character key. Where two menu items have the same
underlined character, press the character key again to move to the
next item.
Example: to access the Printer Settings item of the File menu
after opening it, press R twice to move from the initial Digital
Signatures selection to Printer Settings.
There may be instances where an item in a menu has no
underlined character. This will have to be clicked directly.
Esc Closes an open menu.
F6
Repeatedly pressing F6 switches the focus and circles through the
following objects:
• Menu bar
• Every toolbar from top to bottom and from left to right
• Every free window from left to right
• Document
Shift+F6 Switches through objects in the opposite direction.
Ctrl+F6 Switches the focus to the document.
F10 or Alt Switches to the Menu bar and back.
Accessing a menu command
Press Alt or F6 or F10 to select the first item on the menu bar (the File menu). With the
right-arrow, the next menu to the right is selected; with the left-arrow, the previous menu. The
Home and End keys select the first and the last item on the Menu bar.
The down-arrow opens a selected menu. An additional down-arrow and up-arrow moves the
selection through the menu commands. The right-arrow opens any existing submenus.
Press Enter to execute the selected menu command.
Executing a toolbar command
Press F6 repeatedly until the first icon on the toolbar is selected. Use the right and left arrows to
select an icon on a horizontal toolbar. Similarly, use the up and down arrows to select an icon on a
vertical toolbar. The Home key selects the first icon on a toolbar and the End key, the last.
Press Enter to execute the selected icon. If the selected icon normally demands a consecutive
mouse action, such as inserting a rectangle, then pressing the Enter key is not sufficient: in these
cases press Ctrl+Enter.
• Press Ctrl+Enter on an icon for creating a draw object. A draw object will be placed into the
middle of the view, with a predefined size.
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