Kensington Expert Mouse Pro (64213) with FCP 5

I was looking into buying the Kensington Expert Mouse Pro to use with Final Cut Pro 5. Does anyone know if you are able to program the 6 buttons on the top of the mouse as hotkeys for different tools within FCP? Thanks for your help!
-Curtis
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Curtis,
I've been using the Expert Mouse for a very long time now. All 4 buttons, the click wheel button and the 6 up top are all customizable.
I have the 6 top button programed to do functions in FCP that require multiple keystrokes, like audio video transition, clear in and out, etc.
The mouse uses the Kensington software that is avalable in the OS System Prefs once installed.
Good Luck!
Allan Spiers
Sling Stone Productions
G5 Dual 2.7 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 4.5 GB Ram

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MouseWorks 2.9 in the USB 2.0 port. By power on the
system starts ( in verbose mode) "IOUSBF Family has
trouble in enumatering the plugged USB device". When
the sysem has started, unplugging and replugging the
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recognized as described above. It is to remark, that
I habe Bluetooth (keyboard) installed.
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