Is it possible to add keyframes without clicking?

Question

We just migrated from FCP to PR CC, and my editors are used to adding position and scale keyframes with a shortcut key stroke.  I haven't found a way to do this in Premiere without having to go to to the Effect Controlls and click on the stop watches for each motion option.  We edit a ton of photo montages, and having a quick way to drag our CTI to the beginning of a clip, press a key, go to the end of the clip, move/scale with the mouse in the program window and be done with it would be solid!
Additionally, once we time the photos to the VO and have made our keyframes, we add our various transitions throughout the timeline.  When doing it this way,  the keyframes have to be re-adjusted to cover the transition frames before and after each clip so the movement through the transitions are smooth.  Make sense? 
We have tried some plug-ins that try to help with this, but they mostly seem to add MORE options opposed to offering the 6 mostly used movements, in/out, out/in, up/down, down/up, left/right, and right left.
If someone out there knows of such a plug-in, it would make our lives SO much easier!  I envision a sale-to-fit frame both vertically AND horizontally (filling the screen without pilar or letter boxing), then choose one of the 6 basic movements. 
Then, if the magic developers could allow an editor to save customized transition pre-sets (like dissolve, blur dissolve, scatter, dissolve, flip, dissolve, etc.), and magically apply the presets to the clips on the timeline while auto-adjusting the keyframes to cover the extra transition frames, man, I'd be a happy camper. 
Any suggestions on how to quickly slam through Ken Burns photo montages without having to click the mouse so many times would be greatly appreciated! 
D•Mac

Answer 1

Hey Villiam,  Kevin is referring to setting a movement on a photo setting keyframes (like zoom out to in), right-clicking on Motion, and choose save as preset.  This will put that movement into your presets folder under Effects.  I am going to try this on my next montage and see if I can find some efficiencies.  Thanks Kevin, that was a great tip!!! 
Also thanks to Jim.  I spent like 30 min looking at all the keyboard shortcuts.  It's a little overwhelming to establish a solid shortcut format that a team of editors can learn and use.  I'm going to be trying the FCP short cuts, then go back to the default.  It looks like the PR default has a lot of existing and helpful shortcuts assigned already.  It's just going to take getting used to a new platform. 
I'm still looking for tools and/or methods to allow an editor to assemble a 60 second montage with 10 photos, VO and music in 30 minutes.  It's going to be a challenge but I think it's possible with the right innovative process.  I'll still challenge anyone to find a way to quickly assemble a montage in an assembly line or template-based fashion using Adobe Premiere CC where there's on-screen text, advanced transitions, timed to VO, etc. 
I think I'm dreaming for a tool to automatically do this within Premiere, while I think the answer for now might just be customizing motion presets and creating a favorites folder of transitions that can be dragged onto each clip.  I'll see if there’s a way to apply a set of transitions or motion presets to a series of photos on the timeline opposed to doing it one by one.  I can see this solution being important as video montages are becoming more popular in our industry, and the faster we can make them using a professional software package like Premiere the more prosperous we will be.