Shortcut keys explaination needed

Hi,
I've read up in Captivate help about shortcut keys, but am
unclear as to whether they are to help me develop more productively
or if they are used by the learner who is taking the course to do
some action.
Any clarification is appreciated.
lisa

Hi Lisa
Maybe this will help. Let's say you have a project where you
expect the user to select the File menu. Now in Windows, you may
certainly click the word "File", but an equally valid action would
be to use the keyboard and press Alt+F to make the menu appear. So
using a shortcut, you could assign Alt+F to be considered the same
action as clicking "File". This way you wouldn't penalize the user
that prefers the keyboard when using your Captivate movie.
Make sense? I hope so... Rick

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