Click in the Keyboard Shortcut text field and then hold down the combination of keys that you wan`t for the new shortcut.If you wanted to change the keyboard shortcut for the Edit ▸ Paste and Match Style menu command, you would type 'Paste and Match Style'. menu item, you would type 'Image from File.' in this text field (including the ellipses). For instance, if you wanted to add a keyboard shortcut to Scrivener's Edit ▸ Insert ▸ Image from File. This should exactly match the name of the menu item in the software (capitalization matters). In the Menu Title text field, enter the exact name of the command you want to add.Click on the + button, and select 'Scrivener' or 'Scapple' from the Application dropdown menu in the dialogue box.Select the App Shortcuts pane from the sidebar.Navigate to the Keyboard section of System Preferences.

From the Apple menu in the top left corner of your screen, choose 'System Preferences.'.

So, if you would like to change the key combinations assigned to commands in the Scrivener and Scapple menus, or if you want to add a keyboard shortcut to a command that doesn't have one, here's how:

Fortunately, the ability to change or assign keyboard shortcuts to menu items is built right into macOS itself, although it's easy to miss. There may be certain menu items that you find yourself using a lot for which there is no keyboard shortcut, or for which you find the keyboard shortcut overly convoluted.

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