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SettingsFind a command and see its keys
Search the shortcut list and read what each command does and where it is on screen.
Before you start
- The Settings window is open, or you opened Keyboard Shortcuts from the Help menu.
Steps
Click Keyboard Shortcuts.
The top line says how many commands there are, 23 commands. Under it: Change, remove or add keys. Every command also has a button or menu on screen. Your shortcuts apply in every project on this computer. Each command lists where it is on screen, for example Search is On screen: Edit menu: Search and Commands.
To see the same list without opening Settings, choose Keyboard Shortcuts from the Help menu.
It opens as a sheet titled Keyboard Shortcuts with a Done button, over Application Home. The box reads Filter commands or keys. Each row shows Default keys, a Conflict note and the Current keys with a Remove button. Click Done to close it.
Inside a project, the same Help menu command opens the same sheet over the project.
It is the same list and the same changes. The command count stays at 23 commands.
Type a word in Filter commands or keys, for example project.
The list narrows to matching commands and the count changes, here to 5 commands. Matching commands stay under their group headings, General and Project list. You can also type keys to find the command that uses them.
If nothing matches, the list shows a message.
It reads No command matches followed by what you typed in quotation marks, and the count shows 0 commands. Clear the box to see the list again.
Scroll to the end of the list.
The last group is Screenplay elements: Scene Heading, Action, Character, Parenthetical, Dialogue, Transition, Shot and General note (not printed). They are used from the Element menu at the bottom of the screenplay page. General note (not printed) starts with no keys.
What you get
You can find any command and read its keys.
Watch out for
- The list holds commands that already have a button or menu. A shortcut is only a faster way to the same thing.