Clearing and Restoring Keyboard Layouts
At any time, you can clear the keyboard layout, removing most of the commands and
their keyboard shortcuts. This is useful if you want to clear the keyboard layout you
previously set up, so you can change the commands for another project.
Note: If you don’t clear the existing layout, newly specified keyboard shortcuts are used
in addition to those keyboard shortcuts already specified (either the default keyboard
shortcuts or those you previously set up).
Some commands cannot be cleared and always use a default keyboard shortcut,
including Abort, Cancel, Clear, Copy, Cut, Minimize Window, Paste, Play, Redo, and
Undo. Additional commands that can’t be cleared are shown on pink-colored keys. If
you like, you can specify additional key combinations to use for these operations.
To clear all keyboard shortcuts:
1
Choose Tools > Keyboard Layout > Customize.
The Keyboard Layout window appears.
2
Click the Lock button, then click Clear.
3
When a message appears asking if you want to clear all keyboard shortcuts, click OK.
The keyboard layout in the Keyboard Layout window now appears without any icons
or commands.
At some point, you may decide that you want to restore all of the keyboard shortcuts
to their original default settings.
To restore the default keyboard shortcuts:
1
Choose Tools > Keyboard Layout > Customize.
The Keyboard Layout window appears.
2
Click the Lock button, then click Reset.
3
When a message appears asking if you want to reset the defaults, click OK.