Operation Manual
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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 
If you have a keyboard connected to your DDS, you can access some handy shortcuts: 
TEXT ENTRY 
Used in the text entry 'widget'; when searching and during renaming playlists etc. 
(When not editing) 
•  Return = starts editing 
(When editing) 
•  Cursor left / right = move caret 
•  Return / Enter = DONE and move focus to next field 
•  Escape = DONE but leave focus on this widget 
•  Home / End = beginning / end of string 
•  Backspace = Delete backwards 
•  Delete = Delete forwards 
•  Caps-lock and number-lock are honoured 
LISTS 
Used when browsing the library 
•  Left (or) Up = Same as rotating PUSH SELECT knob anti-clockwise 
•  Right (or) Down = Same as rotating PUSH SELECT knob rotary clockwise 
•  Return = Select (same as PUSH SELECT press) 
•  Page up / down = Page up / down 
•  Ctrl-Page up / down = Top / bottom of list 
•  Escape = go back up one level 
SLIDER 
•  Left (or) Up = Move slider left 
•  Right (or) Down = Move slider right 
•  Ctrl-left / right / up / down = Move to beginning / end of slider 
COMBO BOX 
•  Left / Up = Previous item 
•  Right / Down = Next item 
GENERAL 
•  Tab = move focus to next field 
•  Shift-tab = move focus to previous field 
MENU BUTTONS 
•  CTRL + 1,2,3,4 = Buttons one through four of the function buttons 
•  CTRL + Cursor Left / Right = Pages left and right for available menu pages. 
GENERAL SHORTCUTS 
•  Ctrl + F = Goes to search ALL for the current library, similar to pressing F1 
•  Ctrl + L = Goes to Library window 
•  Ctrl + C = Goes to Crate window 
•  Ctrl + U = Goes to Utility window 
•  Ctrl + V = Goes to View window 
•  Ctrl + E = Goes to Eject window 
•  Ctrl + L (press and hold) = Goes directly to the last Library position from anywhere in the user interface. 
•  Escape - Cancel any popup windows 
•  F1 = Open search browser for current library, set to "All" and put keyboard focus in the text entry widget 
•  F2 = begins a "Title" search 
•  F3 = begins an "Album" search 
•  F4 = begins an "Artist" search 
•  F5 = Browse by Genre 
•  F6 = Browse by BPM (with correctly tagged tracks) 
•  F7 = Browse by Year 
•  F8 = Playlist menu 
•  F9 = Files (File browse the device directly) 
•  F10 = Library (press again to change to next library, if available) 










