How to Set Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
You can create keyboard shortcuts on your Mac from the Keyboard section of the System Preferences menu. You can use this menu to make shortcuts for a variety of different types of commands. You can also use the App Shortcuts tool to create...
Part 1 of 2:
Creating Keyboard Shortcuts
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Click the Apple menu. -
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Click System Preferences. -
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Click Keyboard. -
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Click the Shortcuts tab. -
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Click a category in the left frame. -
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Click the command you want to set a shortcut for. -
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Click the checkbox to enable it if its disabled. -
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Click the current shortcut. -
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Press your new shortcut key or keys.
Part 2 of 2:
Creating App Shortcuts
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Click the App Shortcuts option in the Shortcuts tab. You can create custom shortcuts for app menu bar items. You cannot create shortcuts to launch apps. -
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Click the + button. -
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Click the Application menu. -
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Click the application you want to create a shortcut for. -
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Type the full menu structure for the command. For example, to create a shortcut in TextEdit for the Outline command, you would type Format->Font->Outline.- You must include any punctuation. For example, if the command is "Export PDF..." you must type Export PDF....
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Click the Keyboard Shortcut field. -
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Press the key or keys you want to assign. The shortcut must be unique in order to work. -
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Click Add.
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