Shortcuts, keyboard

The basic function of the JME Editor is to allow the creation and modification of molecules and reactions directly within a web page. The editor has all the standard chemical drawing and editing capabilities, mduding a rich set of keyboard shortcuts for adding common structural fragments easily (Figure 2-130). 

We see that the Capture zooms in around the mouse pointer. Unless you cannot remember the keyboard shortcuts, the easiest way to zoom in on an object is to place the mouse pointer at the object and then press the I key. (To zoom out, press the O key.)... 

Press the W key. This is the keyboard shortcut for selecting Place and then Wire from the menus. 

B1 - B2 These cells contain the values of the variable names in cells A1-A2. The association of the numbers in B1-B2 with the names in A1-A2 is accomplished with the INSERTJMAMEJDEFINE command. (The syntax INSERT NAMEJDEFINE means to use the INSERT pull-down menu, followed by the DEFINE and NAME sub-menus. In many cases there are also convenient keyboard shortcuts that avoid actually using the pull-down menu.) As much as possible, it is important to define names that appear in subsequent formulas. It is very difficult to read and debug a spreadsheet that is programmed entirely with explicit cell references. The variable name for the annulus gap thickness Delta r is in A3 and the value is computed in B3 as = r.out - r in. 

Macro recorded 2/8/00 by Dr. Billo Keyboard Shortcut Option+Cmd+a... 

A TIP, on the other hand, are not so critical. A TIP typically contains information and ideas to make your life easier or enhance AQD s performance. Sometimes an entire procedure can be executed with a single keyboard shortcut, and such a shortcut will fiequently be highlighted in a TIP. 

Beyond the standard Windows commands, ACID menu shortcuts are identified to the right of the specific command. For example, all of the various windows in ACID can be instantly displayed or hidden by using the commands on the View menu or by using the associated keyboard shortcuts. 

Figure 1.2 shows the View menu. To view the Explorer Window, for example, press Alt +1 simultaneously. If you look at the View > Show Envelopes > Volume menu item, you ll notice the V next to it indicating that all you need to do is press V as the hotkey shortcut to do the same thing. While most menus can be navigated in ACID using keyboard shortcuts, only a limited subset of commands have hotkeys that can be executed without navigating menus. 

To add a Time marker, position the timeline cursor at the location where you want to drop a marker. Then, from the Insert menu, select Time Marker. You can also press the H key as a keyboard shortcut. 

The following is a comprehensive list of shortcuts and keyboard accelerations available in ACID. While it is not necessary (nor even possible for normal humans) to memorize this entire list, you should always remember that ACID utilizes keyboard shortcuts extensively. If you find yourself using the mouse to push buttons or navigating the same set of menus and submenus again and again, it is probably a good guess that there is some type of shortcut associated with these actions. 

Throughout the manual many keyboard sequences are given as shortcuts for making menu selections. The explanation of these sequences will be given later. It is important to know the conventions used to specify the sequences. 

ACID makes extensive use of shortcuts to speed up commands. Many of these shortcuts follow standard Windows conventions—for example, the Copy command can be quickly executed by pressing Ctrl + C on your keyboard simultaneously. Likewise, a Save command may be executed by pressing Ctrl + S. 

Use shortcuts to make the various windows visible Press and hold the Alt key while also pressing the number keys 1-6 along the top of your keyboard. 

Press the F8 key on your keyboard. This is a shortcut for the Enable Snapping button and toggles this function on and off. 

Envelopes can remain active (that is, they will affect a track s output) and still not be visible. To show/hide envelopes, from the View menu, select Show Envelopes. From the submenu, select the particular envelopes you would like to show/hide. Volume and Pan envelopes can be instantly shown/hidden by pressing the V or P key on the keyboard. These shortcut keys insert new envelopes if a track does not already have an active envelope of the corresponding type. It does not ever remove an envelope, however. 

As with Keyboard Navigation, these shortcuts allow you to make selections on the timeline without using the mouse. Almost all of these shortcuts are the same as the Keyboard Navigation shortcuts with the addition of the Shift key. Many of these shortcuts also work in the Chopper and Track Properties windows. 

Many Keyboard Navigation and Selection shortcuts also work in the Chopper window, in addition to some playback (transport) controls and zoom shortcuts. 

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