ELAN has shortcuts for many of it's functions. The default shortcuts, which are mentioned throughout this manual (for an overview see the section called “The shortcut keys”), can be changed via . This dialog window appears.
Figure 119. Edit Keyboard Shortcuts
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The shortcuts in the table can be sorted by clicking a column header (e.g. Description or Category); the items will be sorted alphabetically, ascending or descending.
To change a shortcut, select it and click on
. Press the desired shortcut on your keyboard and clickclick
to change the shortcut only in the selected mode.click
to change the shortcut for this action in all the other modes if applicable.If the shortcut was already assigned to a function, you are asked whether the shortcut should be reassigned.
After changing one or more shortcuts click
to save the changesTo restore the default shortcuts
click
to restore the shortcuts in the currently selected mode in this dialog.click
to restore the shortcuts in all the modes.Clicking those buttons will only update default shortcuts for the current instance of ELAN. Click
to override the current shortcuts with the default shortcuts.Click
to discard the changes