Using ArcCatalog

Creating shortcut
keys
When you access a menu from
the keyboard using an access
key, the menu opens and you can
see its contents. In contrast,
when you use a command’s
shortcut key, you can execute the
command directly without having
to open and navigate the menu
first. For example, Ctrl + C is a
well-known shortcut for copying
something in Windows. One
command can have many
shortcuts assigned to it, but each
shortcut can only be assigned to
one command. A command’s first
shortcut is displayed to its right
when the command appears in a
menu.
Assigning a shortcut key
1. Click the Tools menu and
click Customize.
2. Click Keyboard.
3. Click the category containing
the command you want to
modify.
4. Click the command to which
you want to add a shortcut
key.
5. Click in the Press new
shortcut key text box, then
press the keys on the
keyboard that you want to
use for a shortcut.
If those keys have been
assigned to another command,
that command’s name
will appear below.
6. Click Assign if the keys aren’t
currently assigned to another
command.
The new shortcut appears in
the Current Key/s list.
7. Click Close in the Customize
Keyboard dialog box.
8. Click Close in the Customize
dialog box.
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The new shortcut key
appears in the Current
Key/s list and is assigned
to the command.
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