A variety of shortcut keys have been defined within Solar Fire to facilitate the activation of certain frequently used menu options without having to use the mouse. Each shortcut key combination activates an item from the menu. A list of these keys follows:
F1 |
Context sensitive help |
F2 |
New chart |
F3 |
Open chart |
F4 |
Progressed chart |
F5 |
Return and ingress chart |
F6 |
Harmonic chart |
F7 |
Combined chart |
F8 |
Prenatal chart |
F9 |
Rising/Setting chart |
F11 |
Lunar Phase chart |
F12 |
Save chart to file |
CTRL+F1/Command+F1 |
Dual Wheels |
CTRL+F2/Command+F2 |
BiWheel |
CTRL+F3/Command+F3 |
TriWheel |
CTRL+F4/Command+F4 |
QuadriWheel |
CTRL+F5/Command+F5 |
Synastry grid |
CTRL+F6/Command+F6 |
Page topic index |
CTRL+F7/Command+F7 |
Planetarium |
CTRL+F8/Command+F8 |
Solar Maps |
CTRL+A |
Aspect set |
CTRL+C |
View current chart |
CTRL+D |
Displayed points |
CTRL+E |
Edit current chart |
CTRL+G |
View current chart+grid |
CTRL+H |
View current grid |
CTRL+I |
View Interpretations |
CTRL+K |
Toggle coordinate |
CTRL+L |
Toggle lunar node type |
CTRL+N |
Edit chart events |
CTRL+O |
Clone chart |
CTRL+P |
Print chart/s |
CTRL+Q |
Exit Solar Fire |
CTRL+R |
Restore settings |
CTRL+S |
Save settings |
CTRL+T |
Aspected Points |
CTRL+V |
View last image |
CTRL+Z |
Toggle chart zodiac |
SHIFT+F1 |
Reports for current chart |
SHIFT+F2 |
Synastry reports |
SHIFT+F3 |
Transits and Progressions report |
SHIFT+F4 |
Graphic Ephemeris |
SHIFT+F5 |
Eclipse Search |
SHIFT+F6 |
Electional Search |
SHIFT+F12 |
Locality chart |
SHIFT+INS |
Edit chart comments |
DEL |
Delete current chart |
CTRL+ALT+A |
Arabic Parts Editor |
CTRL+ALT+D |
Dignity/Almuten Editor |
CTRL+ALT+F |
Fixed Star Editor |
CTRL+ALT+I |
Interps Editor |
CTRL+ALT+P |
Page Designer |
CTRL+ALT+R |
Edit Rulers/Weightings |
CTRL+ALT+W |
Wheel Designer |
CTRL+INS |
Copy & edit current chart |
When you are viewing interpretations in the "Interpretations Window", the following shortcut keys apply.
F2 |
Previous information type |
F3 |
Next information type |
CTRL+C |
Current Chart Mode |
CTRL+G |
General Mode |
Note: "CTRL" is an abbreviation for "Control". "DEL" is an abbreviation for "Delete". "INS" is an abbreviation for "Insert".
TIP: You can quickly exit the "View Chart" window and many dialog boxes (such as the "New Chart Data Entry", "Chart Database", "Dynamic Reports Selection" etc.) by pressing the ESC shortcut key on the keyboard.
With dialog boxes check first that you have finished with that dialog; pressing "ESC" with some dialog boxes is equivalent to cancelling the dialog.
See How shortcut keys work for information on using shortcut keys.
