Understanding SOAPware Commands
Most SOAPware commands are available via several actions:
1. Clicking a menu item
2. Clicking a button
3. Pressing combinations of keyboard keys
Menu Buttons vs. Key Commands
![Menu Buttons vs. Key Commands](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/021/001/original/media_1295294148517.png)
Buttons exist in the toolbar and within most of the viewers. Beginners tend to prefer to click on menu items or buttons, and later tend to use more key-commands. Key-commands are often, but not always, listed to the right of menu items.
For example, Click Help in the menu bar (as in screenshot above), notice F1 is the key-command for SOAPware Help). As an example of a key-command using a combination of keys, the Chart Rack menu item is located under the Chart menu, and has a key-command of Control + Shift + C. This means that while holding-down the Control and Shift keys, pressing the C key will open the Chart Rack viewer.
Exception Set-ups that Prevent Key-Command Actions
Note, in some set-ups where SOAPware is operating in a remote desktop, vps, Citrix meta frame, Terminal Services or thin-client situation, some of the key-commands may not function.
The Alt Key
The Alt key is often used in key-commands. Most menus and menu items include an underlined letter. Pressing the Alt key and the corresponding underlined letter at the same time either opens the menu or activates a menu item. For example, in the Chart workspace, Press Alt + C. This opens the Chart menu, so that pressing k will open the Chart Rack.
TR
"For example, Click Help in the menu bar (as in screenshot below),"
Where is the screenshot that's supposed to be below ?
Katie Rogers
TR - I'm sorry about the missing screenshot. The page has been updated now, so you can see the menu item referred to in the lesson.