Sunday, 17 February 2013

How to create Keyboard Shortcuts for Applications?

Do you like to Create Keyboard Shortcuts for Applications?

Are you just need to assign one or few keyboard special shortcuts for your favorite programs? A small modification in programing, changes a quickest way to get you up and run without installing additional software. 

Here's the procedure: Open Start Menu and to which program you'd like to create a keyboard shortcut., (for e.g. Opera Web Browser) then move the mouse over Opera icon to high light. Right click on the icon, and select properties.       
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Now Opera's  properties window will open as pictured below. Open the Shortcut tab and click on the box of Shortcut key, which is showing as None. 


Choose a suitable letter for the program, which has to be assigned for shortcut key, (such as  O for Opera, E for Explorer etc.,) then type the letter O in the box of text area

When typing the letter O, the command keys, Ctrl and Alt will automatically be added in the text area, like Ctrl+Alt+O.   

Click OK to finish the process. 

Now a key board shortcut has been assigned for you to open Opera Browser by pressing Ctrl+Alt+O. This new shortcut will speed up in accessing your favorite software - Opera. 

Like the same procedure, you may assign key board shortcuts for other applications or software such  as browsers, calculator and so on.   

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