Mouse and Keyboard Shortcuts

The z button is used on the Macintosh instead of the "ALT" key.

General

Keyboard / Mouse	Function
Load button	You can invoke the respective function with the Return key in windows where a button has a blue background. There is no need to click "Apply" for example.

Geometry Control window

"Page Sizes"

Keyboard / Mouse	Function
Arrow Keys SHIFT + Arrow Keys	Click the rubberband and move it pixel by pixel with the arrow keys. 10 pixels per click.
Ctrl + '+'	Next page
Ctrl + '-'	Previous page

Editing the path with the Path Editor

Applies to the Object Editor, the Coating Editor and the Trap Editor.

You can also find an overview of the options for editing a path when you right-click the path object in the edit mode and select "Quick Start Guide" in the context menu.

How to create a path:

(Object Editor and Coating Editor)

Right-click the PDF document and select "Create Path" in the context menu. "Create Path is active..." displays in the message pane.

You create new points on the path with a mouse click.

To close the path, double-click the last or first point on the path. Then right-click the path object and select "Apply" in the context menu to apply the current action (e.g. "Varnish" in the Coating Editor) to the path object. Alternatively, you can also use the Enter key. This closes the path and the action is applied immediately.

To cancel creating a path, you can select "Cancel" in the context menu or hit the Esc key.

Keyboard / Mouse	Function
Click	If there are no paths or points so far, this sets the starting point for a new path. If you have a selected open path, then this point is added to the end and selected. It does not matter how many or which points on the open path are selected.
ALT + click	This sets the starting point for a new additional path.
SHIFT + click	If you also press the SHIFT key while setting a point, the new points are automatically aligned horizontally or vertically to the preceding point.
Double click	If you hit the starting or end point of an open path, then this path closes.
Right-click + "Apply"	Runs the function (e.g. coating).
Enter	The open path is closed and the function run.
ESC	Cancels creation of the path.

How to edit a path:

(Object Editor and Coating Editor)

Right-click the object and select "Edit Path" in the context menu. "Edit Path is active..." displays in the message pane.

(Trap Editor)

Select the trap and click in the "Modify" tab. See Change the trap path.

Selecting points on the path:

Keyboard / Mouse	Function
Click on a point	Deselects all other points on the trap path and selects the one you clicked.
Click on a path	Selects all the points on the path.
SHIFT + click on a point	The point is added to the selection. All points selected so far will remain selected.
Click + drag holding down mouse button	Selects all the trap path points within the rubberbanded box.
SHIFT + click + drag holding down mouse button	All points inside the rubberbanded box will be selected additionally. All points selected so far will remain selected.

Modifying paths:

For Macintosh users: z button instead of the ALT key

Keyboard / Mouse	Function
Click on a point + drag holding down the mouse button	If the click starts on a selected point, all points selected so far will be moved. If the click starts on an unselected point, all points will be deselected and only this point is selected and moved.
Arrow Keys	You can move the selected points using the arrow keys.
ALT + (SHIFT) + click on a point	The point is changed to a curved point (ALT + SHIFT) or a corner point (ALT).
ALT + (SHIFT) + click on a path	An additional corner point (ALT) or a curved point (ALT + SHIFT) is inserted at this position.
Del	Deletes the selected points on the path. You can also do this with "Delete" in the context menu.

Selection of items in Object-Editor / Screening Selector

Keyboard / Mouse	Selection
Click	Only the hit object is selected.
SHIFT + click	The hit object is selected in addition.
ALT + click	The hit object is deselected.
ALT + SHIFT + click	The object below the topmost selected object is selected.
Rubberband	All objects fully inside the box are selected.
SHIFT + rubberband	All objects fully inside the box are added to the selection.
ALT + rubberband	All objects fully inside the box are deselected.

Coating Editor

Keyboard / Mouse	Selection
Click Draw rubberband	The hit object is varnished. All objects within the bounding box you draw are varnished.
ALT + click	Remove varnished area.
ALT + rubberband	Only the area within the rubberband is varnished. All other hit objects are ignored.