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    10 Helpful Hints For ADS - 05 - 03

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    1. The document provides instructions for setting preferences to have design windows automatically reopen when reopening a project in a program. 2. It recommends becoming familiar with keyboard shortcuts as an expert user to work more efficiently compared to relying solely on mouse clicks, and provides some example shortcuts. 3. Keyboard shortcuts can be customized under the Menu/Toolbar Configuration option to perform frequent operations faster.

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    1. The document provides instructions for setting preferences to have design windows automatically reopen when reopening a project in a program. 2. It recommends becoming familiar with keyboard shortcuts as an expert user to work more efficiently compared to relying solely on mouse clicks, and provides some example shortcuts. 3. Keyboard shortcuts can be customized under the Menu/Toolbar Configuration option to perform frequent operations faster.

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    1. The document provides instructions for setting preferences to have design windows automatically reopen when reopening a project in a program. 2. It recommends becoming familiar with keyboard shortcuts as an expert user to work more efficiently compared to relying solely on mouse clicks, and provides some example shortcuts. 3. Keyboard shortcuts can be customized under the Menu/Toolbar Configuration option to perform frequent operations faster.

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    1. The document provides instructions for setting preferences to have design windows automatically reopen when reopening a project in a program. 2. It recommends becoming familiar with keyboard shortcuts as an expert user to work more efficiently compared to relying solely on mouse clicks, and provides some example shortcuts. 3. Keyboard shortcuts can be customized under the Menu/Toolbar Configuration option to perform frequent operations faster.

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    Saving Mouse Clicks when

    Opening Projects HINT


    You can have the program
    reopen design windows for you
    when you reopen a project:
    1. In the Main Preferences
    3
    dialog box, select Save
    Project Status on Exit
    (default is unselected).
    2. When you change projects
    or exit the program, leave
    the design window(s) open
    that you want to see when
    you reopen the project.
    The next time you open the
    project, the last designs that
    where open will open automat-
    ically, saving you several
    mouse clicks.

    Select this Option

    Figure 1. Saving Open Design Windows

    5
    Learning to Drive Using the Keyboard
    HINT
    When you first learn to drive
    a software program, it is usu-
    ally easiest to use the mouse.
    As you become more of an
    ctrl+o for View/ Push Into Hier-
    archy
    Use F7 to launch simulations,
    and the escape key to termi-
    1
    expert user, however, it can nate commands.
    often be faster to use the key-
    board to execute commands. F5 moves component text.
    Also, heavy software users who After moving a component, it
    rely too much on mouse opera- remains selected. To deselect
    tions run the risk of developing it, just click on a blank spot in
    repetitive strain injuries. the schematic.

    The HP Advanced Design Sys-


    tem has many built-in hot keys
    (Alt+f, for example, opens the
    File menu), and you can cus-
    tomize hot keys to perform
    operations that you use fre-
    quently.
    In the Options menu of the
    Main window or of a design
    window, the command
    Menu/Toolbar Configuration
    opens the Customization dia-
    log box where you can custom-
    ize both hot keys and the tool
    bar configuration. In the Main
    window, you can customize
    Main window operations; in a
    design window, you can cus-
    tomize hot keys for that type of
    design (schematic and layout
    are set independently).
    Hot key suggestions for editing
    schematics:
    f for View All
    d for Redraw View
    z for Zoom Area
    2 for Zoom Out x2
    e for Edit Component Param.
    t for Draw (insert) Text
    w for Component Wire (draw-
    ing wires between components)
    m for Move & Disconnect (in
    most cases, this is preferable to
    the Move command, which
    causes wires to remain con-
    nected) Figure 1. Setting Schematic Hot Keys

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