Make Your Own Shortcuts With An Overlay Keyboard
All programs include a lot of of shortcuts that are not used.
The reasons for this vary but typically include:
1. Learning hundreds of the shortcuts is not possible. 2. Workers disrupt their workflow as they try to remember all but the most frequently used shortcuts. 3. Most shortcuts are hard to recall and are as a result entered wrong. 4. The necessity to undo and correct errors produces frustration, loss of time, and poor efficiency. 5. Overuse of the mouse and keyboard can trigger repetitive strain injury and fatigue for the user.
You know if you could remember every on of the shortcuts and make use of them:
1. Your typing speed would improve. 2. You would have greater accuracy. 3. Your efficiency would be maximized.
You might be acquainted with someone who can recall every shortcut automatically. Without thinking their fingers cause wonderful things to happen. Their mouse sits idle while others would be pointing and clicking. They just seem to have an gift for shortcuts.
The fact is these users, particularly those who work with several programs each day, are the exception. Except for the most basic shortcuts, most people can neither remember all the shortcuts, nor position their fingers to the right keys without hesitating.
So why do applications come with so many shortcuts in the first place? Because the regular keyboard isn’t conducive to using all the shortcuts mouse use and dropdown menus become necessary evil. Using the mouse rapidly grows to be tedious and time consuming. This is particularly true when speed and precision are necessary.
An overlay keyboard can resolve all your shortcut problems. Every key can be assigned to recreate any shortcut. When a graphic template is used to label and color code the keys hitting the correct overlay key is easy.
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June 10, 2011 | Posted by Philip Kidder
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