Hi, open the app and find the menu item you want to make a shortcut for then, when you've navigated to the option in the menu, press VO shift C to copy last phrase to clipboard. Now you can set up your shortcut in preferences by pasting the name of the item in the menu bar.
hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 13, 2012, at 7:26 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi Dean, > > thanks for your detailed diskription. But I didn't meant the keyboard > commander in VoiceOver. > > What I'm looking for is the keyboard section in system preferences. There you > have the possibility to create shortcuts for each command in a programs > menue. Just look at it and try it out. It's wonderful. > > But it's not possible to simply give a shortcut to a command with an elipsis > at the end. So again: > > Can anyone give me a hint how to create shortcuts for such commands in the > menue? > > I'm not sure about it but I think it might have been Esther who posted an > information to that. > > Thanks and all the best > Jürgen > Am 13.02.2012 um 12:19 schrieb Dean Adams: > >> Hi Jurgen, >> You can assign program short cuts by using the keyboard commanders in >> voice over utility and choose commanders and stop interacting and VO right >> arrow to keyboard and then VO Space bar and then VO right arrow to the check >> box that says use keyboard comanders and press Vo Space bar then Vo right >> arrow to the keyboard commanders table where you can assign quick keys to >> open your most used programs. You will find ones there for safari and mail >> by default the keyboard commanders uses the right option key then a key of >> your own choosing, but there are already some being used like s and the >> right option key for safari and m and the right option key for mail. First >> interact with the keyboard commanders table and check what keys are being >> used you can Vo up and down arrow to check which keys are already being used >> and to check which actions are being activated by VO right arrow to the >> action for each key so for example once you have interacted with the >> commanders table VO up and down arrow till it says the S key then VO right >> arrow till it says command open program safari, you can only use one key for >> each action. To add another action for two key press actions do the >> following. >> Stop interacting with the keyboard commanders table and VO right arrow to >> the add button it will then automatically land you on the keyboard >> commanders table press the key you want to use like I use the letter e for >> text edit, then you have to interact with the keyboard commanders table >> where you have just put the e for text edit then make sure you are on the e >> in the table then VO right arrow to the next section which is command menu >> press VO Space bar and then VO down Arrow till it says custom commands VO >> right arrow it will say open program press VO Space bar then VO right arrow >> till you get to the browse area then interact and find text edit stop >> interacting and then VO right arrow to the Open default button and there you >> go you have created a two key short cut to text edit . So to go to text edit >> you only have to press the right option key and the E key . You can do this >> for as many times as you want but you can only use 1 letter for each >> operation . I have done this for skype text edit Vlc player mac mail and >> safari and DVD player. >> Hope this is not to long winded . >> >> >> Sent from Dean Adams Macbook Pro >> breezepa...@gmail.com >> phone: 0243206031 >> Mobile: 0428133758 >> Skype : deanadams9 >> >> On 13/02/2012, at 9:43 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> in system preferences there is a possibility to create your own shortcuts >>> for each program. That works fine. But only for commands without … (three >>> dots) at the end. >>> >>> I remember once someone posted a solution for that but can't find it >>> anymore. >>> >>> So can anyone tell me how to create shortcuts for commands in a menue like >>> "Silents …". >>> >>> Thanks and all the best >>> Jürgen >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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