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Why are there but ten (10) ways to shortcut styles?

Aug 1, 2012 8:54 AM

Friends,

 

You can create shortcuts for character styles and paragraph styles by hitting OPTION + a number on the KEYPAD.

 

You might think there are only ten options, but you can also use other combinations, like COMMAND + OPTION + a number on the KEYPAD.

 

Anyone else know other ways?

685 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: Ceencha, Aug 4, 2012 3:42 AM
 
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  • Alec Molloy
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    1. Alec Molloy,
    Aug 1, 2012 9:08 AM   in reply to Ceencha
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    Styles can be set to any combination of Option/Alt + NumPad. On a PC you can combine it with Ctrl for more options, and on a Mac you can combine Cmd and/or Shift.

     

    Thats it, should be enough combos to last all your styles. For more info on this, check out this document: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WS9D351498-DAAC-4be1-B4B 8-2B6C72FF6CEDa.html#WS60910FA3-2BD7-449d-9904-05CFA551665Da

     
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  • Steve Werner
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    2. Steve Werner,
    Aug 1, 2012 9:22 AM   in reply to Ceencha
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    But the problem with setting keyboard shortcuts for styles is that they don't work on a lot of modern laptops (no numeric keypad).

     

    So for me it's better to use the Quick Apply method. I also have trouble memorizing arcane shortcuts like that. It's easier to use the mnemonic of named styles with Quick Apply.

     
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  • Alec Molloy
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    3. Alec Molloy,
    Aug 1, 2012 9:38 AM   in reply to Steve Werner
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    Definitely agree with you on that Steve. If you are setting simple documents, I like to use HTML tag names to make it really easy to type out styles.

     

    By the way, quick apply is as easy as pressing Cmd + Return, typing your style, and pressing Return to apply.

     
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    4. [Jongware],
    Aug 1, 2012 10:32 AM   in reply to Ceencha
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    A useful trick that popped up elsewhere on this forum is makin' use of a simple one-line script to apply a style (use Google to locate it).

     

    It does not do anything else useful but applying a style, BUT you can assign any shortcut combo to a script! (With some sleight of hand it's even possible to assign usually un-assignable combos such as Alt+N -- on a Windows machine :-)

     
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  • Ceencha
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    5. Ceencha,
    Aug 1, 2012 1:26 PM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    hitting "W" switches between a very useful view mode.

     

    Is there any way to CHANGE this?

     

    Because sometimes hitting "W" is not convenient, because it actually TYPES a "w" in my text box.

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    6. Peter Spier,
    Aug 1, 2012 1:30 PM   in reply to Ceencha
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    Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts....

     
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  • Alec Molloy
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    7. Alec Molloy,
    Aug 1, 2012 2:59 PM   in reply to Ceencha
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    As a habit I always tap Esc before hitting the W key.

     
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  • Ceencha
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    8. Ceencha,
    Aug 4, 2012 3:42 AM   in reply to Alec Molloy
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    As a habit I always tap Esc before hitting the W key.

     

    Yes, this is good advice.

     

    I usually use the "Deselect all" command, which I have programmed to SHIFT + APPLE + A, but sometimes this doesn't work, whereas ESCAPE KEY always works.

     

    I wonder why "Deselct all" doesn't always "deselect all," yet ESCAPE KEY does . . .  anyone know?

     
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