Illustrator CS5 workspace question

[GAC05]

Is it possible to set up more than one complete workspace with hotkeys?
I went through the help and it says you can save multi workspaces and swap them them in & out, but unique sets of hotkeys to go with each workspace are only supported in PhotoShop and not Illustrator.
Is there a work around for this (other than buying a second copy of AI)?

I've hired a new production guy and would like to set his workspace up with what he is familiar with and still be able to load my preferences when I take over the keyboard.

Corel supports the workspace/hotkey sets and it seems to be working, turns out you can set it to ask which workspace to load each time it is started.

wayne k
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[Hwy_C]

Under the "Edit" menu, you should have a "Keyboard Shortcuts" item. This will open a box where you can modify your shortcuts and save multiple shortcut schemes.

Hope this helps.

 

[signswi]

I've always found changing hotkeys to be a terrible idea for Adobe stuff. The defaults should be in your muscle memory by now anyway...

 

[The Vector Doctor]

the shortcut keys are not unique. If you change shortcut keys it applies in all instances no matter who uses the program. The one thing you can change is the workspace (palettes visible, their position, etc). Click on window > workspace and choose some prebuilt ones or create your own and save

I do have many shortcut keys setup for myself though. Adobe does not provide enough for frequently used functions. It is very powerful. You could conceivably set up a shortcut key for every menu function

 

[GAC05]

Thanks all, kinda figured this was the case.

"The defaults should be in your muscle memory by now anyway... "

This would be true if my toolbox only contained Adobe products.
But they are one of many and not always a first choice depending on the job.

Me being left handed I like my most used hotkeys to be on the right side of the keyboard so the mouse fingers on the left stay put.
Within reason good software should work the way I want and not the way the software engineers think I want to work.

And after 50 muscle memory is not what it used to be.........

wayne k
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