Compositing Opacity, Fades

When I add a fade to a frame, (control V) then double click compositing opacity, it begins to take a while when you're doing many frames. Is there a shortcut or can I set up FCP to add fades automatically at a chosen preference?

Thanks again guys, this is great. I have a another question. I hope no one minds. I use an external to do all my editing and I automatically duplicate all imports to my Final Cut Events folder. But when I take my external to another computer, some clips are missing. They are in the folder but final cut can't read them, some even have an arrow.
On my desktop, I created a folder named "downloads" for all my photos and clips. I'm guessing final cut is reading some of these photos and videos right from this "downloads" folder and when I go elsewhere, this folder isn't there so I get missing clips. Does this make sense?
Any ideas how I can take my external to other computers without this issue?

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