Memory is a entertaining thing. Everyone remembers crucial items like pay day, our birthday and hopefully our anniversary. These are items that are vital to us so we recall them. The same is not true of most keyboard shortcuts in the programs we use.
A few of the benefits of using shortcut are:
1. Fewer frustration with a program.
2. Less mistakes and error to fix.
3. Less times grabbing the mouse.
4. Increasing productivity.
Yes, we recollect the shortcuts that are universal to all applications such as Ctrl+C for copy, Ctrl+O for open and Ctrl+S for save. But what is the shortcut to insert a hyperlink in Word? What can be frustrating is that there are no shortcuts to many of the functions in Word. Functions like the paragraph dialog entails using the mouse or remembering the Alt+O+P series.
This is where an overlay keyboard turns out to be helpful. All the keys on an overlay keyboard can be configured to reproduce any sequence of keys from a regular computer keyboard. Obviously this includes all shortcut keys in an application.
By just pressing the correct key and the shortcut will be activated. By configuring a key to the sequence Ctrl+K the hyperlink dialog box will appear. Assign a different key to Shift+F1 and the reveal format window will appear.
With an overlay keyboard we have the ability to make our own shortcuts. In Word there is no shortcut for the Save As function. A user must either grab the mouse click on File and then on Save As or press the keys Alt+F+A. With an overlay keyboard simply configure a key to reproduce the Alt+F+A sequence and you have created your own shortcut.
Although I have used Word as an example in this article an overlay keyboard can be used with any application. Applications that are industry standards to specially written software to even Windows itself can be made easier to use. (Don't forget the Mac OS and its applications.)
With an overlay keyboard the operator's time at the computer is made more productive. Users are free to concentrate on their work and not how to operate the program. The user does not have to contort their hands into awkward positions to press shortcut keys.
A few of the benefits of using shortcut are:
1. Fewer frustration with a program.
2. Less mistakes and error to fix.
3. Less times grabbing the mouse.
4. Increasing productivity.
Yes, we recollect the shortcuts that are universal to all applications such as Ctrl+C for copy, Ctrl+O for open and Ctrl+S for save. But what is the shortcut to insert a hyperlink in Word? What can be frustrating is that there are no shortcuts to many of the functions in Word. Functions like the paragraph dialog entails using the mouse or remembering the Alt+O+P series.
This is where an overlay keyboard turns out to be helpful. All the keys on an overlay keyboard can be configured to reproduce any sequence of keys from a regular computer keyboard. Obviously this includes all shortcut keys in an application.
By just pressing the correct key and the shortcut will be activated. By configuring a key to the sequence Ctrl+K the hyperlink dialog box will appear. Assign a different key to Shift+F1 and the reveal format window will appear.
With an overlay keyboard we have the ability to make our own shortcuts. In Word there is no shortcut for the Save As function. A user must either grab the mouse click on File and then on Save As or press the keys Alt+F+A. With an overlay keyboard simply configure a key to reproduce the Alt+F+A sequence and you have created your own shortcut.
Although I have used Word as an example in this article an overlay keyboard can be used with any application. Applications that are industry standards to specially written software to even Windows itself can be made easier to use. (Don't forget the Mac OS and its applications.)
With an overlay keyboard the operator's time at the computer is made more productive. Users are free to concentrate on their work and not how to operate the program. The user does not have to contort their hands into awkward positions to press shortcut keys.
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To learn additional information regarding overlay keyboards and the many way they can be used stop by Philip Kidder's website.. This article, How An Overlay Keyboards Helps Create Personalized Program Shortcuts is available for free reprint.
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