Click: How to Set Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

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Part 1of 2:

Creating Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Click the Apple menu.
2. ClickSystem Preferences.
3. ClickKeyboard.
4. Click theShortcutstab.
5. Click a category in the left frame.
6. Click the command you want to set a shortcut for.
7. Click the checkbox to enable it if its disabled.
8. Click the current shortcut.
9. Press your new shortcut key or keys.

Part 2of 2:

Creating App Shortcuts

1. Click theApp Shortcutsoption in the Shortcuts tab. You can create custom shortcuts for app menu bar items. You cannot create shortcuts to launch apps.
2. Click the+button.
3. Click theApplicationmenu.
4. Click the application you want to create a shortcut for.
5. Type the full menu structure for the command. For example, to create a shortcut in TextEdit for the Outline command, you would typeFormat->Font->Outline.
   • You must include any punctuation. For example, if the command is "Export PDF..." you must typeExport PDF....
6. Click theKeyboard Shortcutfield.
7. Press the key or keys you want to assign. The shortcut must be unique to work.
8. ClickAdd.