Calculators			Hotkey Editor
Chapter 5, Getting Familiar with Your Workspace

Topics on this Page:

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting

Entering Text

Dragging and Dropping

Undoing and Redoing

Deleting Elements and Compositions

An intuitive set of editing functions are available to manipulate elements, such as compositions, folders, and so on. These include basic functions for cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting, as well as more advanced functions.

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting

Standard cut, copy, and paste commands let you manipulate elements, such as composition and folders.

1. Right-click the element and select Cut (Ctrl + X) or Copy (Ctrl + C).

2. Navigate to the location where you want to paste the element.

   Right-click the location and select Paste or press Ctrl + V.

Entering Text

Tools such as the Slate and Notes tools require that you type into text editor fields.

• Do one of the following:

  • Press Enter in the case of a single-line editor.

  • Press Ctrl + Enter in the case of a multi-line editor.

  • Click outside the editor.

• Press Esc.

For more text editor/field hotkey combinations see--Text Editor and Text Fields.

Dragging and Dropping

You can drag and drop the contents of most folders in the user interface. In the user preferences, you can choose whether you see a ghosted image of the composition when you drag it--see Setting User Preferences.

Undoing and Redoing

You can undo most operations. You can also redo any operation you undo.

1. In the taskbar, locate the Undo icon. The last action performed is displayed beside it.

   

2. Do one of the following:

   • To undo the last operation you performed, click the Undo button or press Ctrl + Z.

   • To undo any operation other than the last one you performed, or to redo an operation, click the text to the right of the Undo button, and select the operation you want to undo from the list. Note that the arrow that appears in the list indicates the most recent operation you performed. This operation and all operations above it are operations you can undo. All operations below the arrow are ones you can redo.

Things to Remember

• You set the maximum number of items in the undo/redo list in the user preferences General tab.

• Browsers have a separate undo/redo list.

• Press Ctrl + Y to redo an operation.

Deleting Elements and Compositions

You can delete an element, such as a composition or folder.

• Do one of the following:

  • Select the element and press Delete.

  • Right-click the element and select Delete.