Shortcuts¶

Shortcuts are useful collections of Applied Tools or copied Detail lines that you want to re-use again and again in your Budget. They might also be elements imported from Movie Magic Scheduling.

The Shortcuts Setup screen allows you to view and delete Shortcuts.

Shortcuts are currently budget specific.

Types of Shortcuts¶

You can create two types of shortcuts for use in your budget.

Tools Shortcuts: allow you to save a collection of apply-based tools, such as collections of Fringes and Groups, and apply them to multiple detail lines at once.

Line Shortcuts: allow you to save entire collections of detail lines to re-insert anywhere in your Budget.

Creating a Tools Shortcut¶

Select a single Detail line in your budget
Open the Shortcuts tool Sh in the Apply Tools pane
Click New Shortcut
Select Apply Tools (Fr, Gr, Set, Loc, Curr) to Existing Row(s) and click Next
Select which Tools you which to save from the selected line
(Optional) Rename the Shortcut by clicking in the name field
(Optional) Apply a Shortcut Hotkey (see below)

Screenshot: MMB creating a tools-type shortcut

Screenshot: MMB selectiong the shortcut type

Screenshot: MMB selecting what to include in a shortcut

Screenshot: MMB newly created shortcut

Applying a Tools Shortcut¶

Select one or more Detail lines in your budget
Open the Shortcuts tool Sh in the Apply Tools pane
Click ADD or REPLACE in the Shortcuts pane for the Tools Shortcut you want to use
- ADD will add all the tools from that shortcut to the existing tools applied to the selected rows
- REPLACE will remove all existing tools from the selected lines, then add the tools saved in the shortcut to those lines

Screenshot: MMB adding tools type shortcuts

Creating a Line Shortcut¶

Select one or more Detail lines in your budget
Open the Shortcuts tool Sh in the Apply Tools pane
Click New Shortcut
Select which Columns of data you wish to include in your multi-line Shortcut and click Create Shortcut
(Optional) Rename the Shortcut by clicking in the name field
(Optional) Apply a Shortcut Hotkey (see below)

Screenshot: MMB creating line-type shortcuts

Applying a Line Shortcut¶

Select a Detail line in your budget
Open the Shortcuts tool Sh in the Apply Tools pane
Click INSERT in the Shortcuts pane for the Line Shortcut you want to use

The selected line (or lines) from the Detail Line shortcut will be inserted above your currently selected cells/rows in the budget.

Screenshot: MMB inserting detail line shortcuts

Create A Shortcut Hotkey¶

You can create quick hotkey combinations for your most often-used shortcuts

Open the Shortcuts tool Sh in the Apply Tools pane
Click the drop-down arrow next to the Tool or Line Shortcut you'd like a hotkey for
- For Tools shortcut, select the action (ADD or REPLACE) for the hotkey
Select a number key (0 - 9)

To remove a Shortcut hotkey, select - instead of a number.

Screenshot: MMB assigning a keyboard command to a shortcut

Using A Shortcut Hotkey¶

Select one or more Detail lines in your budget
Press CMD + CTRL + NUMBER on a Mac or ALT + CTRL + NUMBER on a PC
- Where NUMBER is the number key from 0 to 9 assigned to the shortcut you want to use

The shortcut for that hotkey will be added to or replace the tools on the selected lines (if it's a Tool shortcut) or will be inserted (if it's a Line shortcut).