Shortcut key for Cross References
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:02 am
Hi. I love adding more Cross References to my documents. But I think that the process of doing so is a bit too complicated. I know, it's nothing spectacular that you have to do to add a Cross Reference, but when you do a lot of them, it gets annoying.
1. Expand the DITA menu
2. Expand the Link sub-menu
3. Click "Cross Reference"
(The "Insert Reference" dialog opens)
4. Click on the folder icon
(The "Open" dialog opens)
5. Scroll the folders I'm working on back into view
6. Select the right folder
7. Select the right file
8. Click Open
(The "Open" dialog closes)
9. Confirm the chosen file
10. Confirm the chosen element in the file
...finally done...
What I am after:
- I would love a shortcut key to directly jump to the "Insert Reference" dialog. I've yet failed to set that up using the "Menu Shortcut Keys".
- The "Open" dialog isn't quite right for me. It's a standard Windows file dialog. And I would like something more focused on the project I'm working on. Maybe I'm using things the wrong way -- or I'm essentially posing a feature request, who knows.
Thanks for your help!
Using a licensed XML Author 13.0 on Windows 7.
1. Expand the DITA menu
2. Expand the Link sub-menu
3. Click "Cross Reference"
(The "Insert Reference" dialog opens)
4. Click on the folder icon
(The "Open" dialog opens)
5. Scroll the folders I'm working on back into view
6. Select the right folder
7. Select the right file
8. Click Open
(The "Open" dialog closes)
9. Confirm the chosen file
10. Confirm the chosen element in the file
...finally done...
What I am after:
- I would love a shortcut key to directly jump to the "Insert Reference" dialog. I've yet failed to set that up using the "Menu Shortcut Keys".
- The "Open" dialog isn't quite right for me. It's a standard Windows file dialog. And I would like something more focused on the project I'm working on. Maybe I'm using things the wrong way -- or I'm essentially posing a feature request, who knows.
Thanks for your help!
Using a licensed XML Author 13.0 on Windows 7.