Keys and Shortcuts for Icon Views

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• Overview of Icon View Windows
• Creating and Opening Directories
• Opening and Saving Files
• Renaming Files and Directories
• Moving and Copying Files and Directories
• Making a Referenced Copy of an Icon
• Removing Files or Reference Icons
• Changing File and Directory Permissions
• Accessing Files at FTP or Web Sites
• Printing Files
• Creating Files Using Select and Paste
• Managing Icons
  • Sorting Icons
  • Resizing Icons
  • Viewing File Information
  • Displaying Icons in Columns
  • Displaying "Thumbnails" of Image Files
  • Displaying a Quick View of a File
  • Viewing Hidden Files
  • Searching for Icons by Name
  • Using a "Shelf" for Convenient Icon Access
• Anatomy of the Icon View Window
  • About Icon View Menus
    • The Actions Menu
    • The Selected Menu
    • The Sort Menu
    • The View Menu
• Keys and Shortcuts for Icon Views

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• Copyright Information

Keys and Shortcuts for Icon Views

The following keys work in any Icon View window.

Enter          Open the selected icon
F2             Rename the selected icon
Ctrl+A         Select all icons
Ctrl+F         Find icons by name
Delete         Move the selected icons to the Dumpster
Ctrl+drag      Copy instead of move
Arrow keys     Move the selection around the window

Selecting Icons

• Click an icon to select it.
• Shift-click to add to or remove from the selection.
• Drag a rubber-band box around several icons to select them together.

See the Overview of Icon View Windows to start over.