Apple 95014-2084, 030-8681-A user manual Setting and using a hot key

Setting and using a “hot key”

You can also open Apple Video Player by pressing a preset key or combination of keys. When you press this “hot” key, you switch to the Apple Video Player application no matter what other application you are currently in. If Apple Video Player is already the active application, the Apple Video Player application quits when you press the hot key.

To set a hot key:

1With the Apple Video Player application active, choose Hot Key from the Setup menu.

The Hot Key dialog box appears.

2Press the key or key combination you want to use for your hot key.

You can use one or more (up to four) of the modifier keys— x, Option, Control, and Shift—plus any other key.

Important Don’t use a key combination that is already used by other programs. For example, don’t use x-P, which is a keyboard shortcut for printing in most applications. If you use a keyboard shortcut like x-P to open or quit Apple Video Player, x-P will no longer print things for you—it will instead open Apple Video Player.

3Click OK.

Your new hot key is ready to use, to quit or to open Apple Video Player.

If you discover later that pressing your hot key causes unexpected things to happen—or that a keyboard shortcut in another application launches Apple Video Player—repeat these steps to choose another hot key.

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