Importing Keyboard Shortcuts

Is there a way to import keyboard settings from cs6 into cc?

In order to access your Premiere Pro CS6 keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro CC do the following steps:
For Windows:
Copy your .kys file from
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\6.0
and paste to
C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\7.0\Profile-[username]\Win
Mac:
Copy your .kys file from
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Premiere Pro/6.0
and paste to
/Users/[username]/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/7.0/Profile-[username]/Mac
Peter Garaway
Adobe
Premiere Pro

Similar Messages

Importing keyboard shortcuts from PS CS3 into CS4?

Is it possible to import keyboard shortcuts from PS CS3 into CS4?
And how?
m

Mmh, you could possibly simply copy over the respective files from your preset directory (Documents and Settings/Matjaz/Application Data/Adobe/Photoshop CS3/Presets/Keyboard Shortcuts). Not sure if it's safe, though. Never tried.
Mylenium

How to import keyboard shortcuts from CS6 to CC?

Every time there's a new version I go through this trying to figure out where the keyboard shortcuts file lives and every time it's hell. This time I've been searching and searching and I can't find a way to do. Why is this so hard? Should this thing happen automacally or at least there could be an option for "import keyboard shortcuts." I can't really use the new Illustrator without my shortcuts. I've looked in the preferences in the Library and in the Applications folders. Any ideas?
Thanks,
~peter

Thanks, but I looked there and there's only the default .kys file, not the custom one I saved. I saved the custom keyboards shortcut file but I can't find it anywhere. I think the last time I had to do this it was in Library/Preferences/Application Shortcuts/Adobe or something like that but it's not anywhere it seesm.

How do I export/import keyboard shortcuts to a text file

How do I export/import keyboard shortcuts to a text file?
It would be nice to export them, edit and/or add to them in a text editor on my iMac, then import them back into iPhone and iPad.

You can backup the bookmarks to a file, then copy that file to the new computer and import them, for details see [[Backing up and restoring bookmarks]].
You can copy more than just the bookmarks. The user data, such as bookmarks and passwords, are stored in the profile folder. You can copy the data manually by copying the contents of the profile folder, for details see [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup Profile backup - MozillaZine Knowledge Base] or [[Backing up your information]].
There are some add-ons and utilities that can make this process easier. The first one is the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109/ FEBE] add-on which can be used to copy a profile. Another option is the free [http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ MozBackup] utility.

How to import keyboard shortcuts into Flash 8 Pro?

Recently i upgraded my computer to Windows XP, so backed
everything up, reformatted and reinstall. The usual.
One thing i use very often in Flash is my own custom keyboard
shortcuts, which i found handy that you can export them.... however
a huge problem i just came across when reinstalling everything and
getting back into using Flash... I CANT IMPORT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS?!
I cant seem to find this option anywhere, which is incredibly
annoying as you would expect along with a "Export set as HTML"
option for exporting your keyboard shortcuts.... but an option to
simply import them is nowhere to be found! I cant even find a
folder that i can put the html file i created with my keyboard
shortcuts.... Tried putting it everywhere in the Flash 8
directories.... and still doesnt show up.
Hell, photoshop isnt this confusing, just drop the file in
the Presets/Keyboard Shortcuts folder, and you're done! I dont see
this anywhere for Flash... even in the Local Settings/Application
Data folder where it STORES the shortcuts in its own WFX format!
Too much of a pain remembering all the key configs i had
setup... only option is to change em as i go along i guess, but
there HAS to be an easier way to do this!
Any idea?
*Edit* Ok, now i just realized my mistake... having seen
where the shortcuts are saved, i didnt think of looking for them
there earlier... so i didnt back that up. Arg!

if no shortcut works, try resetting your flash pro preferences:
Hold down Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) or Shift+Command+Option (Mac) when starting flash pro.
for more info:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash/kb/re-create-preferences-flash-professional.html

Import keyboard shortcuts to photoshop cc 2014

I can't get my keyboard shortcuts to import to Photoshop CC 2014. I've tried several different ways, lastly exporting them from CC and then importing them in CC 2014 and each time is says it is successful but none of my keyboard shortcuts or brushes appear

If you modified keys in CC did you save them. If in CC you use menu Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. and Use the pull-down to select Photoshop Default keys and the current key have not been saved you will get an option to save them. Save the keys to a meaningful name. You should the I believe you will be able to migrate you preset from CC to CC 2014 and will be able to get them in CC 2014.
"C:\Users\your User Id\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014\Presets\Keyboard Shortcuts"

Maximising windows and important Keyboard Shortcuts in Mountain Lion

Hi - just two questions related to the behaviour of Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
When you minimise a window in Mac OS X, it shrinks down and sits next to the trash. When you want to access it again, you simply click on it and it is maximised again. Can anyone explain to me why, when I have multiple windows open and one minimised, Mac OS X does not always present me with the minimised window when I click on it in the dock? It flicks to another window. This mainly happens when I'm using Word for Mac. To clarify, say I have documents A, B and C open. A and B are both maximised with A at the front and C is minimised. When I click on C to maximise it, there is a short delay and suddenly B appears at the front. So OS X doesn't even take me back to the document I was just viewing, but the random document that just happened to be open in the background. Frustrating enough when I only have three documents open - I'm often using many more and the problem is even more noticeable.
Another frustration I have is not being able to browse quickly between document windows. Windows has a convenient Ctrl+Tab function that allows you to flick between all open windows. OS X has a poor imitation which only allows switching between windows of different applications. If I want to switch between windows of the same application, Cmd+Tab will not allow me to do this. Is there another keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X that will? In previous versions of OS X, I resigned myself to using expose to account for the lack of this function, but now with mission control, all windows are clumped together according to their application - a nice organisational idea in theory perhaps, but rendering mission control completely useless for the functions which expose provided. What am I meant to do if I just happen to want to access the seventh document window that I have open? Mission control shows me barely a sliver of the window's border and no detail of the content whatsoever.
Are there solutions to these problems that inhibit workflow so badly? Are there a whole range of window-switching functions which I simply do not know of? Surely such awkwardness was not what mac is aiming for when designing Moutain Lion.
Any advice much appreciated.

You can choose to not minimize windows into the app in the Dock System prefs. That will leave it in the Dock as a separate window.
You can cycle between application windows using cmd-`, however they don't cycle to minimized windows.
On a US keyboard, that key is right above the tab key. It is in various other places on other keyboard layouts.
You can change the shortcut in the Keyboard & Text Input section of Keyboard Shortcuts (Keyboard System Prefs). I believe you used to be able to cycle through Minimized windows, but someone decided you minimized them to get them out of the way and removed them from the cycling.
About the only way is to activate Application Exposé and then arrow down to the minimized windows.
When a window is highlighted, you can hit the space bar to "Qucicklook" the window. The Arrow keys will then cycle between minimized windows.

Importing CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts to CS5

I've discovered that you can open your custom keyboard shortcuts xml file in a text editor, and copy/paste shortcuts into your CS5 keyboard shortcuts file. Anyone else tried this? Is there an easier way to import all of your keyboard shortcuts from CS4 to CS5?

I did some experimentation, and I stand corrected! Apparently my memory was dodgy. In particular:
My experience is that it basically works fine, though it's been a while.
I thought we had tested this from CS3 to CS5, but it looks like maybe we only did it from CS5 to CS5.5. Which are a lot more similar.
(And yes, I did recall people having complaints about it, but my experience disagreed...)
Indeed, you have some problems with CS4 to CS5, but they are not subtle. At least, initially, I was getting a dialog box informing me that there were defined shortcuts in the shortcut set that were invalid (Somewhere along the way that stopped happening, which is Interesting, but probably not relevant).
Anyhow, I certainly don't disagree that pasting the XML differences is the better way to go -- I said as much in post #13.
But by way of recompense, here are a pair of scripts to make it easier.
Both require you to create a special shortcut set called "defaults" (i.e. defaults.indk) that they use as a baseline for differences. For a variety of reasons, it is insufficient for the script to use the Default.indk file in the application directory. Both scripts pop up an error if you have not done this, and tell you how to do it.
The first one, extractShortcuts.jsx, prompts you to select a shortcut file to extract from, compares it against the default shortcut set, and outputs and differences to a file on the Desktop, extracted.xml. Run this in CS4.
The second one, importShortcuts.jsx, prompts you to select the extracted.xml file from previous, asks you for the name of the new shortcut set, and then merges the two. It merges them in a fairly stupid way (just plain appending just before the end), but it's probably sufficient.
So here we go, exportShortcuts.jsx:
#target InDesign
(function() {
     var appdir = app.filePath,
          prefs, shortcuts,
          i, s,
          defaults, readcuts,
          defxml, readxml,
          e, ea, action, context, string,
          defaultsByAction, d;
     var includes = $.includePath.split(";");
     for (i=0; i<includes.length; i++) {
          s = includes[i];
          if (s.match("Preferences") && s.match(/Scripts$/)) {
               prefs = new File(s).parent;
               break;
     if (!prefs) {
          alert("Could not find User Preferences directory");
          exit(1);
     // $.writeln(prefs.fsName);
     shortcuts = prefs.getFiles("InDesign Shortcut Sets")[0];
     defaults = shortcuts.getFiles("defaults.indk")[0];
     if (!defaults) {
          alert(
     'The script requires a special shortcut set called "defaults" to exist.\n'+
     'The app-folder Defaults.indk is NOT sufficient. Please go to '+
     'Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and select the the [Default] shortcut set,'+
     ' modify it in a trivial way (for instance, assign F1 to About InDesign),'+
     ' name the new set "defaults", remove the modification, and save the set.'+
     ' Then re-run this script.');
          exit(1);
     readcuts = shortcuts.openDlg("Select an INDK file to extract shortcuts from.","*.indk");
     writecuts = new File(Folder.desktop.fullName+"/extracted.xml");
     defaults.open("r");
     defxml = new XML(defaults.read());
     defaults.close();
     readcuts.open("r");
     readxml = new XML(readcuts.read());
     readcuts.close();
     writecuts.open("w");
     writecuts.writeln("<shortcut-sets>"); // hack
     defaultsByAction = {};
     for (i=0; i<defxml.shortcut.length(); i++) {
          e = defxml.shortcut[i];
          ea = e.elements()[0];
          if (ea.name() != "action-id") {
               alert("Parse failure on element "+ea);
               exit(1);
          action = ea.attributes();
          context = e.context[0];
          string = e.string[0];
          defaultsByAction[action] = { context: context, string: string };
     for (i=0; i<readxml.shortcut.length(); i++) {
          e = readxml.shortcut[i];
          ea = e.elements()[0];
          if (ea.name() != "action-id") {
               alert("Parse failure on element "+ea);
               exit(1);
          action = ea.attributes();
          context = e.context[0];
          string = e.string[0];
          d = defaultsByAction[action];
          if (!d ||
               d.context != context ||
               d.string != string) {
               writecuts.writeln(e);
     writecuts.writeln("</shortcut-sets>"); // matching hack
     writecuts.close();
And its mating half, importShortcuts.jsx:
#target InDesign
(function() {
    var appdir = app.filePath,
        prefs, shortcuts,
        i, s,
        defaults, readcuts,
        writename, writecuts,
        defxml, readxml,
        e, ea, action, context, string,
        defaultsByAction, d;
    var includes = $.includePath.split(";");
    for (i=0; i<includes.length; i++) {
        s = includes[i];
        if (s.match("Preferences") && s.match(/Scripts$/)) {
            prefs = new File(s).parent;
            break;
    if (!prefs) {
        alert("Could not find User Preferences directory");
        exit(1);
    // $.writeln(prefs.fsName);
    shortcuts = prefs.getFiles("InDesign Shortcut Sets")[0];
    defaults = shortcuts.getFiles("defaults.indk")[0];
    if (!defaults) {
        alert(
    'The script requires a special shortcut set called "defaults" to exist.\n'+
    'The app-folder Defaults.indk is NOT sufficient. Please go to '+
    'Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and select the the [Default] shortcut set,'+
    ' modify it in a trivial way (for instance, assign F1 to About InDesign),'+
    ' name the new set "defaults", remove the modification, and save the set.'+
    ' Then re-run this script.');
        return 1;
    readcuts = Folder.desktop.openDlg("Select an XML file to import shortcuts from","*.xml");
    writename = prompt("Choose a name for the new shortcut set. One word, no spaces, please.",
    "new");
    writecuts = new File(shortcuts+"/"+writename+".indk");
    defaults.open("r");
    defxml = new XML(defaults.read());
    defaults.close();
    readcuts.open("r");
    readxml = new XML(readcuts.read());
    readcuts.close();
    defxml.appendChild(readxml.elements());
    writecuts.open("w");
    writecuts.write(defxml);
    writecuts.close();
These are written on a Mac. I suppose there's they might not work perfectly under Windows if the logic to find the user's keyboard shortcuts directory doesn't work.
As always, install scripts by saving each script as a plain text file (in TextEdit or Notepad) and following directions at, e.g., How to Install InDesign Scripts.
Good night.

Keyboard Shortcut for adding clip to queue when importing from P2 card

Does anyone know what the keyboard shortcut is for adding a clip to the queue when importing from a P2 card? Thanks!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

That would be the Log Clip button which is defaulted to F2.

Import or Move Keyboard Shortcuts Etc. to CS4?

Is there a way to import or move my keyboard shortcuts from CS3 to CS4? What about layout settings etc.?
Thanks

I have migrated my keyboard settings from PPro2 to CS4 and CS5.
From PPro 2 (XP) to CS4/5 (Win 7 64)
copy file:
C:\Documents and Settings\*yourusername*\Application Data\Adobe\Premiere Pro\2.0\*yourprefs.kys*
to:
C:\Users\*yourusername*\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\4.0\*yourprefs.kys*
or
C:\Users\*yourusername*\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Premiere Pro\5.0\*yourprefs.kys*
Run Premiere, select: Edit/Keyboard Customization/ and your key settings
should appear in the Set: dropdown menu.
I have not found a way to migrate layout settings.

Importing / Transferring Keyboard Shortcuts into Photoshop CS5

Hello, i am testing out Photoshop 5 and it looks good so far, yet some obstacles are left to solve. For example i wonder how to get the keyboard shortcuts from my old Photoshop (the .kys file) into the PS5? There is no import. I would even manually transfer, but opening the file in a texteditor just shows weird stuff (there was a guy who manually transfered his indesign shortcuts in such a way, but since he used a normal text editor i guess these files are of a different structure)
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2881861#2881861
if anyone knows how to transfer them or has an idea how to manually workaround, i am happy for hints.
thanks
Sofian

It depends on which windows system you have, but for vista and windows 7, probably the best
place to put the kys file is:
C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Presets\Keyboard Shortcuts
Added:
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Presets\Keyboard Shortcuts
MTSTUNER
Message was edited by: MTSTUNER

Keyboard shortcuts import

Just downloaded Premiere CC 2014 and wonder how I can import my keyboard shortcut preferences. Was surprised that wasn't automatically done, since I'm using the same account.
--jon--

This forum a few days ago has a workaround:Re: Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro CC
So, in CC, save your keyboard layout in the Keyboard Shortcuts window as a new Keyboard Layout Preset, calling it something specific. Then go to:
Users>[User Name]>Documents>Adobe>Premiere Pro>7.0>Profile-CreativeCloud->Mac> and you will find the .sys file you just created.
Copy and paste it into the 8.0 folder:
Users>[User Name]>Documents>Adobe>Premiere Pro>8.0>Profile-CreativeCloud->Mac>
In CC 2014, open up Keyboard Shortcuts and you should now have the preset from CC as one of the choices in the pull-down. Obviously, this is not the user experience one would expect with the Adobe's cloud synching capability, but hopefully it's just a Mac-side bug that will be resolved soon.
--jon--

Assigning keyboard shortcuts to imported files?

Is there a way to assign keyboard shortcuts to audio files imported into the Waveform editor? (the files that appear in the "Files" frame)
Because I notice this is possible with, say, workspaces, and was hoping I could assign certain shortcuts to imported file 1, imported file 2, imported file 3 etc.

There is no way to do this currently -- no one knows if it it will be in the next release, but judging from comments here is it a much-requested feature.

How can I import my keyboard shortcuts from my iPhone to my new MACBOOK pro?

Now I'm guessing that 99% of you don't use this feature on iPhone or Macbook so I'm curous to know who knows the answer
I recruit a lot and have canned texts and emails (which means I usually say the same thing)
in my iPhone I set it up (by going to General, Keyboard, Shortcuts) to have when I type in a certain phrase, it types on something else. FOR EXAMPLE
"randq" would automatically turn into "Random Question, do you know anyone open to making more money?"
I have around 40 of these shortcuts and want to save myself the time manually entering them one by one into my macbook.
I know where these settings ARE but I'm wondering if there's a shorter way to do this?
(Settings are under Language and Text, TEXT"
If you are able to help, that would be awesome!

You may do better asking in the iPhone forms here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/iphone/using_iphone
and/or the Mtn Lion OS forum here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion

Converting Mac keyboard shortcuts to Windows/PC based shortcuts.

Hello,
Let me say, I have been using Mac based platforms since close to 1991 on and off. I used System 7 (and OS 8/9, but close enough to System 7) for many years up until I started to use Windows starting on the later 9x and XP platforms. As I start to drift away from Windows to more likely use Macs, however I would like to have a consistent keyboard shortcut system similar to Windows or Linux/UNIX (for that matter).
I actually get confused very easily switching from Macs and Windows with keyboard commands often when I use Windows comp and when I am using the Mac. (Just switching from different kinds of keyboards confuse me from the razor thin keys to a regular keyboard, because going from another one confuses me because of different pressures to press the on.)
I also believe this may have to do with a "workflow" process/scripting, if I am not mistaken. Is there a script I can download, that has close to the standard Windows/PC commands that I can import into the Mac, and can these scripts be edited to adapt my own commands as well? Is there a way to use most of the function keys (F1-12) for the standard commands for the different purposes? I also would like the Option (alt)-Tab to cycle the different apps and Option-Esc to cycle all windows opened. I would like to try to reduce all Option/Command/Control/Shift commands to just a couple of keystrokes or an F key. These modifier keys I think are becoming old, especially since it doesn't meet Apple's simplicity, giving there is up to three keystrokes to press at a given time for some commands.
I had tried the way on the System Preferences, but it doesn't go globally through all applications - real problem lies on the Apple apps on some. I strongly believe this is possible to do, since it might be able to work via a scripting system. I hope this could work. Apple has come a long way to open up the system's architecture without really messing things up, or just opening up the OS without hex apps is great. I hope they can just keep this up so the users can decide how they want their mac to work, because they know what's right for their purposes.
Thanks in advance,
Steven

You may like youpi key. It is free. It works fairly well for me in MAC OS 10.4 although not officially supported. There is a commercial version you can buy, called iKey.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11485&vid=75326
Here is my script for listing my application folder. I have it assigned to function-key 6.
tell application "Finder"
activate
select window of desktop
make new Finder window to startup disk
select Finder window 1
set target of Finder window 1 to folder "Applications" of startup disk
select Finder window 1
set position of Finder window 1 to {60, 45}
end tell
This script was automatically generated in script editor record mode. After I recorded the script and did some minor editing, I copy the script to youpi key.
I have all of my frequently used applications set to function keys. I am thinking of changing the switching to Scripts because there seems to be a side effect to some of the switching like the speaking.

Importing Keyboard Shortcuts

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for