Hello Sarai, Are you interacting with column 2 as well as the table? You need to go right once within that column before pressing the Add shortcut button.
Also, have you repaired permissions lately? Sometimes, repairing permissions can cure all kinds of anomalous behaviour. Cheers, Anne > On 19 Dec 2014, at 16:11, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi: > That is exactly what I’m doing. Press add short cut button then type in short > cut keys, IE contro t. >> On Dec 18, 2014, at 11:13 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I haven't been following this thread very closely, but how are you typing >> the shortcut? You need only press the shortcut as you want it to be, not >> actually type the names of the keys. If you wanted ctrl-t, you'd literally >> press control and t together, not type anything. Hope this makes sense, and >> sorry if it has already been covered. >>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 3:27 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello: >>> I went to keyboard prefs, shortcuts, text, found the one I wanted, chose >>> add. I cannot figure out how to type in the shortcut. I interacted with the >>> text edit field with no luck! >>>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Sarai, >>>> >>>> The short cut you are trying is not a good one as it’s used everywhere >>>> throughout the OS. I recommend Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-t which shouldn’t cause a >>>> conflict. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 18 Dec 2014, at 15:57, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Ann: >>>>> I cannot get the short cut to add. I interact with the edit box, try and >>>>> type in shift n and no luck. >>>>>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 2:41 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Sarai, >>>>>> >>>>>> The “New TextEdit window containing selection” can be found in System >>>>>> Preferences/Keyboard/Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Services in the first >>>>>> table, then in the second table, you’ll find it under the heading Text. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Anne >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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