Use shortcuts to work more quickly. You can use the right-click menu for objects to quickly access the most common object commands. You can use the keyboard to access menu commands and to navigate through dialog boxes. You can also use keyboard shortcuts for common Dimensions CM commands.
To access commands on the right-click menu:
In a content window, right-click an object, and choose a command from the menu.
To access menu commands using the keyboard:
To access a menu command, hold down ALT and type the underlined letter in each menu and submenu for the command.
For example, to select File | New | New Item, press ALT+F+N+I.
To navigate a dialog box using the keyboard, press TAB to move focus to the next control, or press ALT and type the underlined letter in the control name.
To access a command using a keyboard shortcut, type a shortcut from the following table.
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Press |
To |
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Shift+Del |
Cut the selected text |
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Ctrl+Ins |
Copy the selected text to the clipboard |
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Shift+Ins |
Paste the clipboard contents |
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F1 |
Open the Help system |
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F2 |
Toggle the Navigation window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F2 |
Open the Project Structure window |
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F3 |
Toggle the Console window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F3 |
Open the Items Inbox window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F4 |
Open the Item Catalog window |
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F5 |
Refresh the current window |
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Shift+F5 |
Refresh all open windows |
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Ctrl+Shift+F5 |
Open the Design Part window |
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F6 |
Move focus to the next content window |
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Shift+F6 |
Move focus to the previous content window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F6 |
Open the Request Catalog window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F7 |
Open the Requests Inbox window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F8 |
Open the Projects/Streams Catalog window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F9 |
Open the Baselines window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F10 |
Open the Baseline Catalog window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F11 |
Open the Release Catalog window |
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Ctrl+Shift+F12 |
Open the Customer Catalog window |
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Ctrl+A |
Select all the objects in an object list |
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Ctrl+B |
Preview the selected request |
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Ctrl+C |
Copy the selection to the clipboard |
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Ctrl+D |
Add a request action description to the selected requests |
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Ctrl+Shift+D |
Delegate the selected requests |
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Ctrl+Shift+F |
Toggle full screen view on and off |
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Ctrl+G |
Get the selected items |
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Ctrl+H |
View the history of selected requests |
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Ctrl+Shift+H |
View the history of selected items |
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Ctrl+I |
Check in the selected items |
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Ctrl+L |
Log out |
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Ctrl+O |
Check out the selected items |
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Ctrl+P |
Print the contents of the Console window |
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Ctrl+Shift+P |
Display the Properties window |
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Ctrl+R |
Show users and roles for the selected requests |
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Ctrl+Shift+R |
Show users and roles for the selected items |
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Ctrl+S |
Save the contents of the Console window to a file |
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Ctrl+T |
Action the selected requests |
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Ctrl+Shift+T |
Action the selected items |
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Ctrl+U |
Update the selected items |
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Ctrl+V |
Paste the clipboard contents |
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Ctrl+W |
Change the project |
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Ctrl+Shift+W |
Change the project root folder |
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Ctrl+X |
Cut the selected text to the clipboard |