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Because G-Wizard Editor is an editor (no duh!), we designed it with a lot of keyboard shortcuts so you can power your way through editing quickly without constantly reaching for the mouse. Where possible, the keyboard shortcuts are chosen to be mnemonic, and therefore easy to remember. The reason for the choices is given in the “Mnemonic” column to help you remember them.
GWE recognizes the following keyboard shortcuts:
General Functions
Area
Function
Key
Mnemonic
Macro Debug
Single Block
Alt+N
Same as Mach3
Macro Debug
Cycle Start
Space
Macro Debug
5 Step
Ctrl+Space
Macro Debug
Stop
Alt+S
Alternate to space
Macro Debug
Feedhold
Alt+F
“F” for Feedhold
Backplot
Zoom Out
Ctrl+-
“-” for less. Same Zoom used in many graphical programs
Backplot
Zoom In
Ctrl++
“+” for more. Same Zoom used in many graphical programs
Wizards
# Macro
Ctrl+3
“3” is where the “#” is on the keyboard
Edit
Select All
Ctrl+A
Standard clipboard keystroke
Edit
Copy
Ctrl+C
Standard clipboard keystroke
Backplot
Zoom Extents
Ctrl+E
“E” for Extents
Edit
Find
Ctrl+F
“F” for Find
Wizards
G-Code
Ctrl+G
“G” for G-Code
Edit
Jump
Ctrl+J
“J” for Jump
Wizards
M-Code
Ctrl+M
“M” for M-Code
Edit
File New
Ctrl+N
“N” for File New
Std. MS Office Function
Edit
File Open
Ctrl+O
“O” for File Open
Std. MS Office Function
Wizards
Feeds ‘n Speeds
Ctrl+P
“P” for sPeeds
Edit
File Save
Ctrl+S
“S” for File Save
Std. MS Office Function
Wizards
Tool Change
Ctrl+T
“T” for Toolchange
Edit
Paste
Ctrl+V
Standard clipboard keystroke
Macro Debug
Rewind
Alt+R
“R” for Rewind
Edit
Cut
Ctrl+X
Standard clipboard keystroke
Edit
Redo
Ctrl+Y
“Y” for Yank that undo back!
Edit
Undo
Ctrl+Z
“Z” for Zap that last change
Std. MS Office Function
Edit
Revise
Ctrl+R
“R” for Revise
Backplot
Redraw
F9
Think F9 for “Recalc” on a Spreadsheet
Revisions
F2
Renumber Blocks
F3
Relative / Absolute
F4
Control Chars
F5
Add/Delete spaces
F6
Apply block skip (/)
F7
CAPitalize
F8
Comments
Note: You can record different keyboard accelerators for any Revision. Just go to the revision and press the “Record” button.
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