RE: Customize keyboard shortcuts?

[David Crowe <David.Crowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For people using Frame on Macs, it is easy to do this with 
AppleScript. I can send some examples to anyone who is interested. I 
use QuicKeys to bind the applescript to a key.

One of my scripts, as an example of the power of this approach, takes 
the currently selected text, applies a specific character format, 
then takes the text and makes it into a hypertext link, even editing 
the URL to make sure it works (e.g. adding the "http://";). This makes 
it very quick and easy to insert links into text. I have one script 
for email links (which turn out green), URLs (a red character format) 
and glossary entries (purple).

- David Crowe


At 4:02 PM -0600 8/30/04, Combs, Richard wrote:
> David Coverston wrote:
>
> >  I have set up a customui.cfg file that I use to customize standard
> >  FrameMaker keyboard shortcuts such as em dash and en dash. I
> >  would like to
> >  be able to set up shortcut keys to apply specific character
> >  formats I have
> >  created. Is there a way to do this?
> >  I am using FrameMaker 7.1.
>
> I don't think there's any way to apply a char tag with a single key 
> or key-combination. If there were, I'd have mapped Ctrl+b, Ctrl+i, 
> etc., to char tags; instead, I settled for having them open the char 
> catalog. :-}
>
> The CharQuickKey command (F8 in Windows) gets you close, if you name 
> your char formats wisely. Press F8, then press the first letter(s) 
> of the char tag you want, and then press Enter. Works best if you 
> don't have 15 tags all beginning with the same 3 letters. ;-)
>
> Have you looked at Shlomo Perets' "Express Customization" kit (at 
> www.microtype.com)? It helps, too, by giving you toolbar buttons and 
> keyboard shortcuts for "Repeat Char Command" and "Repeat Para 
> Command." Lots of other great productivity enhancers, too. And a 
> good resource or starting point for your own customizations.
>
> HTH!
> Richard
>
>
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