Keyboard Shortcuts

You can also call up many functions using keyboard shortcuts.

Some shortcuts vary, depending on the computer platform you use. The following table lists some shortcuts:

	Key / Button (PC)	Key / Button (Mac)
Ctrl or cmd key (For reasons of simplification, we are using the term "command key" here)	or
Alt key
Enter key
Context menu	Alternative mouse button	Alternative mouse button / + mouse button
Shift key
Tab key

You can move sliders with the arrow keys, horizontal sliders with the left and right arrows, and vertical sliders with the up and down arrows.

Use the Tab key to jump to the next element.

Hit the spacebar to trigger the function of the selected element (e.g. button).

General Functionality

Keyboard	Function
Command key + A	Select all files/pages in lists.
Command key + click	Add/deselect single files/pages in lists.
Shift key + click	Select blocks of files/pages in lists.
Click on small arrows on borders between the four basic windows	The window is minimized or maximized in length (up arrow) or in width (right arrow). Click the opposite arrow to return to the standard size. This lets you make the four basic windows bigger for a short period or hide them depending on what you need.
Click hatch of a window border, move holding down mouse button	The window is made bigger or smaller manually.

Workflow bar

The following keyboard shortcut can be swapped, see Use Command Key + Spacebar for Zoom for details.

Keyboard	Function
Command key + 1	First step.
Command key + 2	Last selected step.
Command key + space bar	Go forward one step.
Command key + Shift key + space bar	Go back one step.
"Alt + 2" and "Alt + 1"	Go to the resources view and back to the current job.

Menu functions

File Menu

Keyboard	Function
Command + O	Open Job
Command key +J	Open job with browser
Command key + S	Save job (selected job)
Command key + N	Create a new job.
Command key + P	Print job (displays the "Print Job" window)
Command key + Shift key + P	Print job with the "Print Assistant"
Command + W	Close job (selected job)
Command + Q	Exit program

Edit Menu

Keyboard	Function
Command key + Z	Undo function (not possible with all functions)
Command + Y	Redo function (redoes undone function).

Jobs & Resources Menu

Keyboard	Function
Alt + 1 Alt + 0	Display the current job Go back to the previously selected resources.
Command key + Shift key + 0, 1, 2, etc.	You can switch between the open jobs using digits 1, 2, 3 thru 9 (job is then active).
Alt + 2	Display general resources and machines
Alt + 3	Display plate templates
Alt + 4	Display schemes
Alt + 5	Display marks

Inspectors Menu

Keyboard	Function
Also on numeric keypad if on
Command key + 1	Display the "Job" step
Command key + 2	Display the "Product Part" step
Command key + 3	Display the Folding Sheet/Assembly Block Inspector
Command key + 4	Display the Press Sheet Inspector
Command key + 5	Display the Page/1up Inspector
Command key + 6	Display the "Contents" step (with Document Inspector)

Tools Menu

Keyboard	Function
Command + M	The graphic window is detached from the user interface so that you can scale it up. Hit "command key + M" again to integrate the window back into the user interface.

Browser Window

Keyboard	Function
Command + O	Opens the "Open File..." window.
Command key +J	Opens the "Job Browser" window.
Command key + N	Creates a new job.
Command key + Alt + P	Print All Press Sheets of the Product Part ...
F7	Opens the "Assign Pages..." window. Only active if a PDF file is loaded in "Contents" in the Browser window.

Graphic Window

"Command key + E" can be swapped, see Use Command Key + Spacebar for Zoom for details.

Keyboard / Mouse	Function
Command + M	The graphic window is detached from the user interface so that you can scale it up. Hit "command key + M" again to integrate the window back into the user interface.
Click the arrows of the window borders	The window in the graphic view is maximized in length (applies to all four basic windows). Click the other arrow to return to the standard view.
Double click on the colored caption bar of the front/back sheet	Shows or hides the back.
F11 and F12 key	In the "Press Sheet", "Folding Sheet/Assembly Block" and " Page List" tabs, you can select the next content with F11 and the previous one with F12.
Command key + D	When you select a 1up, the related back is automatically also selected.
Command key + E + click or F2 key Command key + Alt + E + click or F3 key Command key + + Command key + - or F4 key	Zoom in (focus indicated by mouse pointer) Zoom out (focus indicated by mouse pointer) A selected object is shown as large as possible in the graphic view. The graphic view is scaled up if nothing is selected. Returns scaleups to the default (Auto).
Space bar	Move tool (hand)
Click on ruler, drag to position holding down mouse button Alt + click on selected snap line	Set magnetic snap lines Delete snap line
Command key + Shift key + click	Set a measuring position
Command key + Shift key + click hold down mouse button and draw rectangle	Create the measure tool
Click on ruler cross, define position with mouse pointer and click Double click on ruler cross	Set zero on the ruler Reset zero to standard origin
Command key + 9	Shows the back. Command key + 9 again to return to the standard view.
Command key + 0	Open the "View Properties" dialog
Alt + Shift key + click	Opens a selection of objects to choose from. This function is good if you have objects lying one on top of the other. In some constellations, it is not so easy to get hold of the object you want with just a mouse click.
Command key + Alt + A	All the selected elements in the graphic view are deselected.
Ctrl + right/left arrow button	Switching between the views for front and back (helpful, for example, when working with the option "Place all 1ups with front/back swapped") as well as between press sheet variants and press sheets with rolls.

Page Inspector

Keyboard	Function
Click in "Offset" box + command key + Shift key + click in the "Folding Sheet" graphic view	Set position for alignment of offset
Click in text boxes + left/right arrow keys	Change "Offset" and "Scaling" step-by-step and visibly (in the graphic window) with the arrow keys

Editing the Clip Path (Work Mode: Packaging)

Keyboard	Function
	See Edit Clip Path.

Context-sensitive Online Help

Keyboard	Function
F1	Online Help

Drag-and-Drop

In Signa Station many steps are made simple by dragging-and-dropping items.

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In Signa Station, this technique is suited to a fast and visual placement or pasting of files, pages or marks in an active job.

First the source is marked (files, pages or marks). You can recognize a marked object by its yellow background. Then, with the left mouse button (on PC) held down, the elements are dragged from the source and dropped in the target. The elements are added to the position you are in when you let go of the mouse button.

At the target, the mouse pointer changes from a "no go" sign to a box with a pointer. The pointer indicates that dragging-and-dropping is possible at your selected target.

The following tables will show you the drag-and-drop options in Signa Station that will make your work much easier.

Using Drag-and-Drop

The target window for drag-and-drop in Signa Station is generally the graphic window, with the Browser window and list window as source windows. When working with marks, you can also position them directly from the Browser window to the relevant inspectors.

You can click certain pages, resources, files and marks and position them in the graphic window at the position you want in the active job.

The following tables show you how you can use drag-and-drop in Signa Station:

General

From the "Contents" Step to the Graphic Window

From / To	Graphic window
	Press Sheet	Folding Sheet/Assembly Block	Page List	Press Sheet List	Document
"Contents" step
PDF file (all of it)	X	X	X	X	-
PDF pages (single or several)	X	X	X	X

From the List Window to the Graphic Window

From / To	Graphic window
	Press Sheet	Folding Sheet/Assembly Block	Page List	Press Sheet List	Document
"List Window > Assigned"		-
PDF file (all of it)	X	X	X	X	-
PDF pages (single or several)	X	X	X	X
"List Window > Not assigned"		-
PDF file (all of it)	X	X	X	X	-
PDF pages (single or several)	X	X	X	X

Marks

From the Inspectors Window to the Graphic Window

You can place marks directly from the "Marks Resources" tab in the Press Sheet Inspector, Folding Sheet Inspector or Page Inspector to the graphic window. The advantage of this is that the marks reference is defined exactly (plate, folding sheet or page), depending on which inspector the mark comes from:

From / To	Graphic window
	"Press Sheet"	"Folding sheet/ Assembly block"
"Press Sheet Inspector > Marks Resources"
Marks	X
"Folding Sheet / Assembly Block / Cutting Die Inspector > Marks Resources"
Marks	X	X
"Page Inspector > Marks Resources"
Marks	X	X

Files Directly from the Operating System to Signa Station

You can drag the following files directly from the operating system (e.g. Explorer on the PC, Finder on the Macintosh) to Signa Station:

•PDF or PS files

You can drag PDFs to the Browser window or to the "Contents" step. The files display in the "Contents" step and can be assigned.

•SDF Files

You can drag Signa Station jobs to the "Browser window". The job also opens and is active for editing.

•CFF files

You can drag cutting die files to the graphic window > "Press Sheet".

The operating systems must be seen in the foreground so that you can select a file. Then drag the selected file to the appropriate window of Signa Station that is opened in the background.