On 17 Mar 2005 at 14:03, Keith Helgesen wrote: > Amazing what you learn when reading threads for interest only! > > I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that > useful- Sure beats pulling down the menu! > > How does one locate all these shortcuts, macros etc? (Still on Fin2001 > BTW)
Standard Microsoft practice is that the shortcuts for menus and menu items are underlined. This has been the case since the very first version of Windows, nearly 20 years ago. It's standard UI for EVERY WINDOWS PROGRAM EVER that uses the recommended conventions. Striking the ALT key activates the menu, and then striking any underlined letter in the menu will pull down the respective menu. Once that's visible, you can see the underlines on all menu items. I've never understood why this is not more universally known, as it's always been there. I know that back in the days where I was giving lots of training sessions for people converting for the first time from DOS to Windows that I had to point this out and show people how it worked, but what I found was that, in general, people would mouse it or they'd keyboard it -- they generally didn't like to mix it up. Me, well, I've always used mouse for some things and keyboard for others, depending on which seems easier. Of course, I also touch type at around 100 words per minute, so moving my hand away from the keyboard to the mouse and then back again does not disorient me at all. Without thinking I can get back in position, helped by the little nubbin on the J key. Of course, I once sat down at a keyboard and kept mis-typing all the letters on my right hand. I finally realized that the nubbin on that keyboard was on the H key instead of the J! Until that point, I'd never consciously even noticed that I paid any attention to it. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
