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Saving Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts as Text Files

You can save commands and their keyboard shortcuts in a text document. These

documents serve as keyboard layout guides, available onscreen, or printed for easy

reference. You can open and reformat the text files in other programs, such as

spreadsheet or word-processing applications, to make them easier to read.

To save commands and keyboard shortcuts as a text file:

1 Choose Tools > Keyboard Layout, then choose an option from the submenu:

Â Save Grid as Text: Saves only those commands to which you’ve assigned keyboard

shortcuts as a tab delimited text file.

Â Save Menu Commands as Text: Saves all commands from the following menus: File,

Edit, View, Mark, Modify, Sequence, Effects, Tools, and Window. (This option does not

let you save command groups, such as Compositing or Editing.)

Â Save Command Groups as Text: Saves all commands from the command groups shown

in the command list area, such as Audio, Capture, Compositing, Display, and so on.

Commands are listed by command group in the same order as in the command list

area. (This option does not let you save menu sets, such as File and Edit.)

Â Save All Commands as Text: Saves all commands (menu sets and command groups),

with commands listed alphabetically.

2 In the Save dialog, enter a new name for the document if you want and choose where

to save it, then click Save.

The default location where these files are stored is: [Home]/Library/Preferences/

Final Cut Pro User Data/Keyboard Layouts.

Saving and Loading Keyboard Layouts

You can save a keyboard layout that you customized. This is useful if you are working

with others on a project and want to use the same keyboard shortcuts for commands.

You can also load keyboard layouts that others have created.

To save a customized keyboard layout:

1 Choose Tools > Keyboard Layout > Save Keyboard Layout.

2 In the Save dialog, enter a new name for the layout if you want and choose where to

save it, then click Save.

The default name is Custom Keyboard Layout. The default location where these files are

stored is: [Home]/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Keyboard Layouts.

3 If a file with the specified name already exists in that location, a message appears

asking if you want to replace the file. If so, click Replace; otherwise, click Cancel and

rename the file, then click Save.

When you import a custom keyboard layout, all existing shortcuts are replaced by

those in the custom keyboard layout.

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