Custom keyboard shortcuts

[gnubler]

Forgive me...I can't figure out how to create a custom shortcut. I want to create key commands to horizontally scale type. Looking through the list of InDesign commands, I see "Normal horizontal text scale" listed in Text and Tables. I don't think that's quite what I want. Found the same query over on the Adobe forums and someone gave a smartass answer, but didn't really explain how to create the new shortcut.

Help?

[jezza]

Can you record it as an Action? Illy actions aren't as powerful as PS ones in my experience, but it might be a way.

Sorry gnubler I haven't time to experiment at the moment

[gnubler]

InDesign, not Illy.

I'll repost if I figure it out.

[jezza]

my mistake  hope you work it out

[Joe]

Forgive me...I can't figure out how to create a custom shortcut. I want to create key commands to horizontally scale type. Looking through the list of InDesign commands, I see "Normal horizontal text scale" listed in Text and Tables. I don't think that's quite what I want. Found the same query over on the Adobe forums and someone gave a smartass answer, but didn't really explain how to create the new shortcut.

Help?

You can create your own in ID CS2 in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" under the edit menu:

[papa v2.0]

its  in text and tables

under increase horizontal scale

[gnubler]

Thanks all - I'm using CS1 and my default keyboard shortcuts list doesn't list "Increase horizontal scale"...hence my search. In my Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box, I clicked "Show set..." and manually entered "Increase horizontal scale" where it's shown in the above screen shot into the .txt file that opened. I saved it, quit Indy, and...it doesn't show up in the list of commands.

Anyone else with CS1 want to attempt doing this? Maybe I did something wrong.

[Joe]

I don't think you can do it in CS1. The text file only gives you a list of your keyboard shortcuts. InDesign does not read them from the text file. The file it uses is not a text file that you can edit.