Function Keys Dialog
Used to create keyboard function key menus and to modify current function key menus. A function key menu is a file that contains keyboard function key definitions — assignments of actions to function keys. The title bar of the Function Keys dialog identifies the open function key menu.
Setting | Description |
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Open Function Key Menu | Opens the Select Function Key Menu dialog, which is used to open a function key menu. |
Save As Function Key Menu | Opens the Save Function Key Menu As dialog, which is used to name and save the open function key menu. |
Help | Opens the help topic of the dialog. |
Function Keys | Contains controls that are used to modify or create a function key definition. Includes the keys you can use for a function key definition: the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Shift> keys, and the <F1> through <F12> function keys. |
Ctrl | Turn on this check box to include the <Ctrl> key in a function key definition. |
Alt | Turn on this check box to include the <Alt> key in a function key definition. |
Shift | Turn on this check box to include the <Shift> key in a function key definition. |
Function Key Drop-Down List | Allows you to select the function key to change, or for which to create a definition. |
Key | Lists the function keys chosen in the Function Keys group box above or selected from the list box below. |
Action | Shows the action string, if one is defined, of the function key definition identified by the selected keys. |
List box | Lists the currently defined function key definitions and their actions. You can click any list box entry to select a currently defined function key definition for editing. You also can select a function key definition to change or create a definition by pressing the desired combination of function keys. See the list of system default function key definitions. |
Save | Saves changes to function key definitions and closes the dialog. The changes are saved to the open function key menu. |
Close | Negates any changes made to function key definitions and closes the dialog. |