Photoshop Two-level shortcut keys

Knowledge Article:

One, what is called two-level shortcut keys? Do you have a shortcut key?

A: To put it simply, the two-level shortcut is to activate the Window menu bar through the ALT key on the keyboard, and then select the keyboard shortcuts for each submenu and the various subcommand contained in the menu through the letter keys.

What is the difference between it and the usual shortcut keys?

A: The same place: are all point to a variety of menus, command operations, to quickly pull up a variety of menus, panels or commands to speed up the operation speed, improve efficiency.

The difference: The first-level shortcut keys to the menu, including the Window menu, Panel menu; Secondary shortcuts point to the Window menu only--when you run a common Windows program, press the ALT key on the keyboard, the program's Window menu will be activated, and the perfect program will assign a shortcut key to each Window menu name, They are usually letters, with parentheses, pressing the letter corresponding to the key, equivalent to using the mouse to click the menu or command, Photoshop is such a complete menu of the fast-key positively identified vandalizing design software. In DOS and Windows, the ALT key is the Bridge to the Window menu.

Common shortcuts, here we call "one-level shortcuts", with the CTRL key as the first secondary key, ALT, shift for second or third auxiliary keys, letters, numbers, and other symbol keys as a combination of function keys. On the operation, the first-level shortcut is activated by "press at the same time", the second-level shortcut key is the ALT key, and the ALT key is the only auxiliary key, the other keys (basic letter keys) are functional keys. Activation mode: Press ALT and each function key sequentially.

What is the practical significance of 三、二级 shortcuts? There are so many of the first-level shortcut keys I still can not remember, use, why do you want to learn two-level shortcut keys?

A: The meaning of shortcut keys is to simplify the operation, improve the working speed to improve work efficiency, the first-level shortcuts and two-level shortcut keys are the meaning of this. Why do I have to learn two-level shortcuts? Because there are many primary shortcuts, it does not correspond to Window menu one by one. There are about half of the Window menu, if you do not know the two-level shortcut keys exist, will not use it, you can only rely on mouse operations, and skilled keyboard operation faster than the mouse operation and accurate. For example, all commands under the Image menu do not specify a first-level shortcut, and we have a high probability of using the various commands under the Image menu, such as modifying image size, resolution, changing canvas, conversion mode, and so on. If you use mouse operation, we first need to move the mouse, and then position the cursor to the corresponding menu, click, then select the submenu, then click, then select ... and through the keyboard operation, you can quickly achieve positioning, with several fingers of the continuous action, you can speed up the menu you need to call to the front, save the search for steps. Therefore, it is necessary for us to learn two-level shortcut keys.

is 四、二级 shortcut key difficult to learn? What's the trick?

A: Relative part of the first-level shortcuts, two-level shortcut keys can be free from the memory step. If you already remember the approximate Window menu layout, keyboard operation, like the mouse operation to find the menu commands, look at it corresponding to the keyboard shortcut letter is what, starting from the mouse operation, step-by-step away from the mouse and keyboard operation to replace, with the increase in the number of exercises, coupled with a conscious memory, do not have to memorize, will soon be handy.

Note: Part of the Window menu has been assigned a first-level shortcut, and a lot of them, of course, they can also be activated through the two-level shortcut keys. If you have mastered the common one-level shortcuts, you don't have to practice the two-level shortcuts.

五、二级 shortcut Key List

Usage: press ALT and the corresponding letter key in sequence, and in some cases, you will not be able to activate the Window menu when you press the ALT key, so just hold down the ALT key and press the menu letter key. A menu that has been assigned a first-level shortcut, where the corresponding level two shortcut keys are no longer listed.

General Notices

File Alt+f

Auto: Alt+f+u

+b (Batch processing)

"[File] alt+f" indicates that the fast key of the "File" menu is "alt+f";

Auto: Alt+f+u The shortcut key for the automatic command is "Alt+f+u", that is, it is under the File menu (F);

+b (batch) means that the automatic command (or menu) has more than one subcommand, where the shortcut key for batch processing is atl+f+u+b, which is under the Automatic command (or menu) on the File menu.

In this article, the "+" with the shortcut key corresponding to the previous layer of the menu, in the Photoshop menu with a point to the right of the black triangle symbol. Category:

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