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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: a few more option-keys tips
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Date: Mon, 26-May-86 18:17:10 EDT
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> Who said you have to use the short-cuts?  The mac is still user friendly to
> those who need it.  But, for someone who is going to use a program a lot, it
> saves an enormous amount of time if you don't have to move your hands from
> the keyboard.  That's the advantage of the short-cuts:  you can start to use
> the program without using the manual, but as you use progress, you can
> naturally learn the short-cuts and improve your productivity.
> 
> 	  - Jerry Godes

Maybe it's just me, but I find the mouse to be a real great shortcut.

I've been using TML Pascal recently.  I figure it's  probably faster for
me to point and click than it is to type out "Exam Maker.Pas".  All these
shortcuts are great for things like MacWrite and Word, but aren't all that
necessary for stuff that uses the mouse alot.

Here's what I did:  I went out and spent $29.95 and bought MacTracks, by
Assimilation.  MacTracks installs as a Desk Accessory and allows you to
store a mouse movement as a keystroke.  Thus, if you hit Cmd-X, it will
move the mouse up to the top of the screen and select the appropriate
menu.  Great.  I can now define my own mouse movements.

There.  Now all your favourite commands can have their own keystrokes.
It was $29.95 when I bought it, retail, about a year ago.  Go buy it, define
your favourite menu functions as keystrokes, and go away.

Yeesh.
--
"Synchronized like magic..."                           Peter Merchant