Customize keyboard shortcuts
Although your application has preset keyboard shortcuts, you can change them, or add your own shortcuts, to suit your working style. When you no longer need a keyboard shortcut, you can delete it.
You can also export a list of keyboard shortcuts to the CSV file format — a comma delimited format that is easily opened by word processors and spreadsheet applications.
When you change keyboard shortcuts, the changes are saved in a file called an accelerator table. Your application comes with the following accelerator tables, which can be customized to suit your work habits:
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Anchor Editing table — contains shortcut keys for anchor editing
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Curve Editing table — contains shortcut keys for editing curves
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Main table — contains all non-text-related shortcut keys
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Print Merge — contains shortcut keys for using the Print Merge feature
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Print Preview — contains shortcut keys for print preview options
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Table Editing table — contains non-text-related shortcut keys for table editing
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Table Text Editing table — contains shortcut keys for editing text in tables
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Text Editing table — contains all text-related shortcut keys
To assign a keyboard shortcut to a command
1
Click
CorelDRAW menu
Preferences Shortcuts.
2
Choose a shortcut key table from the
Shortcut key table list box.
3
In the left pane of the
Preferences dialog box, choose a command category (for example,
File).
4
Click a command in the list of commands (for example,
Export).
The shortcut keys currently assigned to the selected command are displayed in the
Current Shortcuts box.
5
Click the
New shortcut box, and press a key combination.
If the key combination is already assigned to another command, that command is displayed in the
Current Assignment area.
If the same keyboard shortcut is already assigned to another command, the second assignment overwrites the first. By enabling the Assign and go to conflict check box, you can automatically navigate to the command whose shortcut you reassigned and assign a new shortcut.
Keyboard shortcuts used by the operating system can’t be assigned to application commands.
You can view all of the existing keyboard shortcuts by clicking View All.
You can replace all custom shortcuts with the default ones by clicking Reset Defaults.
To delete a keyboard shortcut
1
Click
CorelDRAW menu
Preferences Shortcuts.
2
In the left pane of the
Preferences dialog box, choose a command category (for example,
File).
3
Click a command in the
Commands list (for example,
Export).
4
Click a shortcut in the
Current Shortcuts box.
To export a list of keyboard shortcuts
1
Click
CorelDRAW menu
Preferences Shortcuts.
4
Type a filename in the
Save As box.
5
Choose the folder where you want to save the file.