On 30/06/2010 4:31 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote: > I use a programmable keyboard to whiz through repetitive tasks (some of > you may use a macro recorder to accomplish the same thing). Prior to the > new Pod interface in Frame 9, I had no trouble using keystrokes to > navigate to specific fields in a window. Frame made this easy by > assigning Alt-code shortcuts. The new pod interface leaves me frustrated > and helpless. For example, in the Cross-reference Pod, I can find no way > to navigate to the Paragraph Tag or Paragraph Number field so that I can > select something from either list. The only fields that have Alt-code > shortcuts are Document, Go to Source, Format, Edit Format, and Convert > to Text. > > Do any of you who routinely work deep in Frame's bowels know if there is > a list of field-specific keyboard shortcuts? (Note that I am not asking > about ESC-sequence shortcuts as were recently discussed on this list.) I > hate this loss in functionality by "upgrading" to a newer product. >
Hi Carol, In most (all?) dialog boxes, the Tab key will move sequentially from GUI object to object. I just tried it in the xref pod and it works. However, your macro may be complicated by what the pod remembers from one use to the next -- not sure about that. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com