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Bring up the system calculator in MicroStation
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Use keyboard shortcuts to launch your programs
Original Tip Date:
Mar. 3, 2003
Use keyboard shortcuts to launch your programs
Here's a great tip that
Thor Leslie
posted to the V8.General newsgroup:
From your desktop program icon, right-click and go to
Properties
. Then put your cursor in the
Shortcut
field and press the desired combinations of keys. For example,
CTRL + ALT + 8
I use a series of shortcuts to launch programs:
CTRL+ALT+8 for MicroStation V8
CTRL+ALT+U for MicroStation J
CTRL+ALT+W for Microsoft Word
CTRL+ALT+N for Notpad, and
CTRL+ALT+O for Outlook Express
No searching for icons....Doesn't matter what dialogs are open obscuring icons or start menus! I'd be lost without it...Try it!
AskInga Tip #249
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Created by
JStierly
When:
Tue, Jun 17 2008 10:31 AM
Last revision by
Inga Morozoff
When:
Wed, Jun 9 2010 9:32 AM
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