My keyboard chortcut won't work

I try to create a shortcut for a software that I frequently use, it won't work. I assigned "cmd + t " to it under keyboard shortcut of the keyboard and mouse. Even my roommate has this problem too. Is there anything I need to setup before customizing key short? It is very frustrating since this feature is one of the reason why I got my mac yesterday...

Welcome To  Discussions KelWong!
You could also just put the application in the Dock, for easy access to it.
Navigate to the folder where the application is. Probably the Applications folder.
Locate the application, and position the cursor on it.
Press the mouse down, and drag the application to the left side of the Seperator bar on the Dock.
When the icon appears in the Dock, release the pressure on the mouse.
When you want to load the application, just click on that shortcut.
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"Italian Pro" is the keyboard I use almost all the time
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