Keyboard shorcuts - make an alias for another key combination?

Dear all,
Page up on the apple iBook is done with Function-UpArrow - there is no space on the keyboard for a dedicated key. The two keys are on the opposite sides of the keyboard, so pageup is a two-handed operation. My fingers don't stretch that far! So I'd like to use Shift-UpArrow for pageup. Apple up-arrow would also do fine, but I haven't checked that that isn't already taken.
I've looked at system prefernces -> keyboard & mouse -> keyboard shortcuts. I can see how to make a keyboard shortcut that is equivalent to selecting a menu item from the current application. I can't see how to make a keyboard combination do anything else. Do you know how to do it?
I'm happy to delve into config files or similar as long as I have a good set of instructions, or it is easy to figure out what the rules are.
Many thanks in advance, Max

Pesonally I like the emotions key and use it quite a lot  and replacing it with another key , if hit in error would still cause issues ? The KB on Windows Phone is acknowledged as one of the best virtual keyboards on any phone, and changing it would not be the best option IMHO. However , if it were allowed for devs to create alternative 3rd party versions as they do for Android, maybe the few people who have issues could find an alternative, it's always nice to have choice 
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