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- [Instructor] In this

movie, I'll show you



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how to restore Illustrator's

default shortcuts



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which is pretty straight forward



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as well as how to create

your own custom shortcuts



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which can be a little more challenging.



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All right, let's say you look



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at this effect, and you just think



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gosh, you're going to be

envelope-distorting all the time.



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After all, the feature

is entirely compatible



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with live editable text, in which case,



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you might want to restore

Illustrator's default shortcuts



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which you can do by

going up to the Edit menu



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and choosing the Keyboard

Shortcuts command.



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Again, it has its own

shortcut of mash your fist K.



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Then, you'll want to go

up to the Set option here,



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switch it back to Illustrator Defaults.



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It's entirely harmless.



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It's not going to hurt dekeKeys at all.



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After which point, go ahead and click OK.



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Now, if I were to press Control + Z



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or Command + Z on the Mac,

to undo that distortion,



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now when I go up to the Object menu,



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choose Envelope Distort, I can see



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that those three first commands

all have keyboard shortcuts,



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albeit ones that aren't entirely parallel,



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but Make with Top Object is

now reset to Control + Alt + C



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or Command + Option + C on the Mac.



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So instead of choosing the

command, I'll just go ahead



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and press that shortcut,

Control + Alt + C,



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or Command + Option + C on the Mac,



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and I distort all that text



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using the top object which is an ellipse.



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All right, so that's one way to work,



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but my guess is you're

going to want to keep most



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of my shortcuts and modify a

few to suit your specific needs



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in which case, I'll press

Control + Shift + Alt + K,



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or Command + Shift +

Option + K on the Mac,



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to bring up the Keyboard

Shortcuts command.



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I go ahead and switch back

to dekeKeys for Illustrator,



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either Windows or Mac,

whichever you loaded.



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Then, I switch from Tools because none



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of the commands are available

in this tool section.



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These are just tools and opacity controls.



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I'll show you how they work in

the next movie, but for now,



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let's go ahead and switch

back to Menu Commands.



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Now, you can start

sifting through the menus.



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For example, I know that

command's listed some place



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in the Object menu, and then

I would just scroll down



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this list until I find Envelope Distort,



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and then I would go ahead



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and click over here in

the Shortcut column.



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You actually have to

click a couple of times,



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two times in a row to actually light it up



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and make it active, so

just bear that in mind.



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But anyway, that's one way to work.



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Another is to just use this search field,



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so as long as you know

part of the command name,



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like I know it includes the word top.



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Turns out that's entirely

all the information I need.



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So now, I can click in

that Shortcut column.



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Notice it is not highlighted.



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You have to click a second

time to light it up,



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and then I'll press Control + Alt + C,



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or Command + Option + C on the Mac



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in order to assign that shortcut.



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Now notice I get a warning, and I see



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that the shortcut was already in use



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by the Hide Corner Widget command,



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and I could go searching for it,



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or I could just click Go To Conflict



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in order to see that that

command no longer has a shortcut.



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Now let's say I changed my mind,



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in which case you can take advantage



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of your single level Undo button,



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so you can't undo more than once,



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but you can undo that one time, like so,



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after which point it

becomes a Redo button.



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All right, now let's say you

take a different approach.



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I'll enter the word top once again,



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and I'll click in its

shortcut a couple of times



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to light it up, and I'll

press Control + Alt + C,



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or Command + Option + C on the Mac



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in order to assign that shortcut.



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Now, oftentimes the way

you think you should work,



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is you see this alarm

down here, and you think



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"Oh no, I don't want to

replace that command.



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"That would be a mistake."



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So you either click the Clear button



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or you just press the Backspace key



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or the Delete key on the Mac.



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Notice what happens in that case.



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If I now search for the word widget,



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then I see that Hide Corner

Widget no longer has a shortcut,



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so I've basically achieved

the worst of both worlds.



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I didn't design a shortcut

to the command I wanted to,



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and I robbed a shortcut from

the command I didn't want to.



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Now you can try clicking Undo,



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but in this case, it didn't do anything.



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It's not going to work.



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If that happens to you, here's a solution.



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One obviously, is to Cancel out,



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and then choose the command

again and start over.



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But the better way to work in my opinion,



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is to just switch to a different set,



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like I'll switch back

to Illustrator Defaults



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at which point Illustrator's

going to prompt me



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to save over my existing file

or give it a different name.



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That's an option as well,



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but if you just click

Cancel, then you will switch



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to Illustrator Defaults

without making any change.



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Now notice if I switch back

to dekeKeys for Illustrator,



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that my keyboard shortcut



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for Hide Corner Widgets is restored.



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All right, so here's possibly

the best way to work.



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I'm going to switch this

guy back to top once again,



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so it's Make with Top Object,

that's the command name.



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Just so happens, if I switch

back to my PDF documents,



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that I've got that one

on page four right here,



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where I've got a repeat,

Control + Shift + Alt + F



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or Command + Shift + Option + F on a Mac,



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highlights the font.



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So does Control + Shift + Alt



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or Command + Shift + Option + M,



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so why don't I use that M

for Make with Top Object?



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To make that happen, I'll

just go ahead and switch back



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to Illustrator, and I'll

assign that shortcut.



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I'll click a couple of times



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in that Shortcut column right there,



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and I'll press Control + Shift + Alt + M.



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That would of course be

Command + Shift + Option + M



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on the Mac.



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Notice that it's still

giving me a warning,



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and let me show you what that looks like.



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I'll click on Go to Conflict,



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and notice that where

Highlight Font is concerned,



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we have a secondary item.



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It's crazy but those

occur every once in awhile



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when you're working

inside this dialog box.



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For example, if I twirl open Other Misc,



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I could assign a secondary

keyboard shortcut



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to undo and cut and so forth.



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Sometimes that's an option.



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Generally speaking, it's not.



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But what I would do, if

you decide to customize,



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just to be safe, I would click



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on this Save button right here,



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and I would create a new Keyset File.



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For example, I'm just

going to call this guy



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dekeKeys customized, let's

say, and then I'll click OK,



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and I've just now added

another keyboard shortcut file



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to that folder that we saw



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back in the first couple of movies.



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All right, now I'll click OK

in order to accept that change,



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and this time, I'll press Control + Z



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or Command + Z on the Mac, to

undo that envelope distort,



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and just to show you everything's worked,



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I'll go up to the Object

menu, choose Envelope Distort,



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and we can see that Make

with Top Object now has



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that shortcut of mash your fist M,



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and so I'll just go ahead and use it



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by pressing Control + Shift

+ Alt + M here on the PC



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or Command + Shift +

Option + M on the Mac,



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and I once again achieve

that Text Zepplin effect.



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And that's how you restore

Adobe's default shortcuts



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as well as how you create

your own custom shortcuts



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here inside Illustrator.