Kurt, What you say is true, and it is good of you to make a point about that, but I was not writing about those keyboard shortcuts which are described in the Help File, but others which I had discovered on my own. Your response left me wondering -- did you maybe not pick up on that? :-)
Joseph Leavitt On 12/11/2013 8:51 AM, Kurt Kneeland wrote: > There are keyboard shortcuts to all the top line menu items. > > Press the Alt key and the trigger letters are underscored (F or File, E for > Edit, A for Add, etc). Press the applicable letter and the associated Ribbon > is displayed. There are very few next level shortcut keys (on the Edit > Ribbon, Alt-E, there are shortcut keys H, W, and C for Delete Husband, Delete > Wife, and Delete Child, respectively). However, on all the ribbons, you can > Tab (or Shift-Tab to go backwards - wraps to the end of the ribbon) to the > desired function and press Enter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JV Leavitt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 4:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Keyboard shortcuts added > > I found it interesting to discover that there are valuable keyboard shortcuts > available, which are not yet described in the Help File. These are mostly the > very ones I've been crabbing about that I thought were missing in version 8. > They are there, but done in a different way. > > I was getting ready to make a suggestion in this regard, but discovered that > my suggestion had been anticipated, and was already implemented! > When I saw in the list of Keyboard Shortcuts that the Alt + shortcuts didn't > include any with letters W, H, S, or D, I thought -- why not use the Alt key > as a replacement for the A key we had been using in version > 7 for AH = Add Husband, AW = Add Wife, etc., etc., These shortcuts would then > look like this: > > Alt + H Add Husband > Alt + W Add Wife > Alt + S Add Son > Alt + D Add Daughter > > I'm happy again! These work fine already in version 8. They are most valuable > when entering data, as it often eliminates the need to go back and forth > between the keyboard and mouse; making it a more efficient way to do the work. > > Thank you developer folks for your keen sense of logic, and ability to > anticipate our needs. You might want to have a talk with your Help File > Editor person, however. :-) The Help File looks quite well done, really > -- I'm only speaking in jest. It would be nice, though, if the information > about these other shortcut key combinations could be added to the Help File > for future updates. > > Thanks again! > > Joseph Leavitt > > > On 12/10/2013 5:18 AM, Gene Young wrote: >> On 12/10/2013 1:20 AM, Wendy Howard wrote: >>> Perhaps a list or table could be supplied showing all of these existing >>> shortcuts? What is supplied in the Help is very short. >>> >>> Wendy >> Help > index tab > enter "keyboard". This brings up 66 lines of keyboard >> shortcuts already provided to you. >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
