Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

Andy Anderson; Steve Johnson

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Defining Shortcut Keys

A wise man once wrote "time is money," and Photoshop is a program that can consume a lot of time. That's why the Photoshop application uses shortcut keys.

Shortcut keys , as their name implies, let you perform tasks in a shorter period of time. For example, if you want to open a new document in Photoshop, you click the File menu, and then click New, or you can abandon the mouse and press Ctrl+N (Win) or (Mac) to use shortcut keys. Using shortcut keys reduces the use of the mouse and speeds up operations. In fact, a recent study in the American Medical Journal, suggested that the use of shortcut keys significantly cuts down on repetitive stress, and reduces instances of carpal tunnel syndrome. Photoshop raises the bar by not only giving you hundreds of possible shortcut keys, but also actually allowing you to define you own shortcuts.

Create a Keyboard Shortcut

Click the

Edit menu, and then click

Keyboard Shortcuts .

Click an arrow (left column) to expand the menu that contains the command you want to create a shortcut.

Select an item from the commands list.

Use the keyboard to create the new shortcut. For example, press Ctrl+N (Win) or (Mac).

Click

Accept .

Click

OK .

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Did You Know?

You can save time using shortcut keys. According to several time and motion studies, using shortcut keys can actually save a computer user 1 hour out of every 8 in a work day.

For Your Information

Working with Shortcuts

In addition to adding shortcuts, you can delete, add additional shortcuts, and even print out a summary of shortcuts defined in Photoshop. Shortcuts can be used for the Application and Palette menus, as well as for your tools in the toolbox. Click the Edit menu, click Keyboard Shortcuts, and then use the appropriate buttons, such as Delete Shortcut, Add Shortcut, or Summarize, to perform the tasks you want.