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Assigning shortcut to paragraph composer?

Jan 21, 2013 5:22 PM

I am building a freesh set of shortcuts in CS6 and would like to assign shortcuts to Paragraph > Adobe paragraph composer and Paragraph > Single line composer.

 

Can't seem to find them anywhere in the shortcuts lists - any ideas?

 

Thanks...

371 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: Brighton Lance, Jan 21, 2013 11:39 PM
 
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  • Michael Witherell
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    1. Michael Witherell,
    Jan 21, 2013 7:00 PM   in reply to Brighton Lance
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    You can assign shortcuts to paragraph styles. Won't that do? You could make the paragraph composer the global default, but it already is. You could write a script to toggle it on; and then give the script a shortcut. You could fuzzy-logic search for it in Quick Apply (cmd+return, return) and then use that endlessly.

     
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    2. Michael Witherell,
    Jan 21, 2013 7:20 PM   in reply to Michael Witherell
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    If you want to script it, maybe this will work:

     

    app.menuActions.itemByID(27164).invoke()

     

    The above one line script would turn on the paragraph composer

     

    app.menuActions.itemByID(27165).invoke()

     

    This second example would turn on the single-line composer

     

    A better scripter would know how to do IF statements and combine it into one script that might act like a toggle. But a saved script CAN have a shortcut given to it.

     
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    3. Michael Witherell,
    Jan 21, 2013 7:29 PM   in reply to Michael Witherell
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    Actually, on further examination, there is a shortcut possible in your keyboard shortcuts:

     

    Product area: Type and Tables > Switch composer (that looks like the best choice)

     

    and another:

     

    Product area: Panel menu > Paragraph: Adobe Paragraph Composer

     

    and another:

     

    Product area: Panel menu > Paragraph: Adobe Single-line Composer

     

    All could be given shortcuts!

     
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    4. Brighton Lance,
    Jan 21, 2013 11:39 PM   in reply to Michael Witherell
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    Ah, fab - thanks for all your replies. The shortcut options you found work prefectly. For my requirements the lower two are best whereas the 'Switch composer' option toggles through all four composers, including the two 'world' composers which are for more exotic languages than plain old UK English I think.

     
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