On Fri, 13 Oct 95 07:55 EDT kfrank@xxxxxxxx, kfrank@xxxxxxxx wrote: >>>The current version of XW (4.12) doesn't provide an elegant way to >use menus or keyboard shortcuts to open files. > >Maybe I'm missing your point, but CTRL+O brings up the open file dialog box... >what were you suggesting? Yes, it does bring up the Open File dialog box but that's it. You wind up staring at the list of files with no keyboard commands that can be executed. For example, it would be convenient to be able to press either the up or down cursor key to fill in the field above the list of files so that you can then open the file with the enter key. Better yet, since the file at the top of the list is already highlighted with the green background, I would like to only have to press the enter key to open the file. (You can do this in the File Finder function in Word). If I hit the enter key after using Ctrl + O, I get a stupid dialog box telling me to fill in the file name in the above field. This forces me to go to the mouse and click the left mouse button to enter the file name in the field above the list of files. It is an unnecessary extra step that almost paralyzes the right hand if you do this for an hour a day like I do. The other VERY annoying thing about the Open File dialog box is that you can not use the down cursor key to highlight another file further down on the list so that it can be opened. When I use my down cursor key, nothing happens. The highlighted background just remains behind the first file in the list and remains locked there. This doesn't make sense to me. I shouldn't forced to go back to the mouse. The only way to open file in the Open File dialog box is to click once on a file with the left mouse button (not the best way) to make the name appear in the field box above the list. Then, you have to move the mouse to the Open button or use the Enter key. The latter is an unnecessary step. Why do we need a field box above the list? Or, you can double click on a file name to open it, but why do I have to double click when it would be easier with a single click or better yet, use the Enter key. If I were working on a single document all day, this would not be a big deal, but I always download 50 to a 100 files a day from various servers on the Internet and read them offline. I need a more efficient way of opening files quickly by using the fewest possible keystrokes without having to write a program to do it. This should be built into XW's interface. ------------------------------------- mgawdun@xxxxxxxx Date: 10/13/95 Time: 07:25:38 San Antonio, TX -------------------------------------