Shortcuts for the Altium Designer Output Job Editor

The following shortcut keys are specific to the Ouput Job Editor. For general information regarding shortcut keys - including access and editing, general Altium environment shortcuts, and accelerator keys - see Altium Designer Shortcut Keys.

When looking at the shortcut key listings, keep in mind the following:

  • When referring to shortcuts, use of the plus (+) symbol denotes holding multiple keys down on the keyboard in the indicated sequence. For example, Shift+F1 means holding down the Shift key then pressing the F1 key. Likewise, Shift+Ctrl+PgUp means holding down the Shift key then holding down the Ctrl key at the same time and pressing the PgUp key.
  • Where use of the standard mouse buttons is made, Click refers to a single click of the left-hand mouse button, Double-Click refers to two clicks of the left-hand mouse button, and Right-Click refers to a single click of the right-hand mouse button.

General Editing

Ctrl+X
  • Clear the selected output(s) and copy them to the Output Job Editor's clipboard.
  • Clear the selected output container/print job, and copy it to the Output Job Editor's clipboard.
Ctrl+C
  • Copy the selected output(s) to the Output Job Editor's clipboard.
  • Copy the selected output container/print job to the Output Job Editor's clipboard
Ctrl+V
  • Place the contents of the Output Job Editor's clipboard into the active Output Job file
  • Place the output container/print job from the OutputJob Editor's clipboard into the relevant output media section of the active Output Job file
Delete
  • Remove the selected output(s).
  • Remove the selected output container/print job.

Working with Outputs

Ctrl+D Make an identical copy (duplicate) of the selected output. If multiple outputs are selected, the output that has focus (distinguished by a dotted outline around its Name cell) will be duplicated.
Alt+Enter Launch the associated configuration dialog (where available) for the selected output, in which you can define exactly how, and what, you wish to be generated. If multiple outputs are selected, the output that has focus (distinguished by a dotted outline around its Name cell) will be configured.
Ctrl++ (on numeric keypad) Enable all selected outputs for generation, connecting them to the currently selected output container/print job.
Ctrl+- (on numeric keypad) Disable all selected outputs from generation, disconnecting them from the currently selected output container/print job.

Working with Output Containers/Print Jobs

Drag and Drop
  • One or more selected applicable (printable) outputs into the Hard Copy region to create a new Print Job. The output(s) will automatically be linked.
  • One or more selected applicable outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new PDF output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked.
  • One or more selected PCB3D Video outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new Video output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked.
  • One or more selected applicable outputs into the Output Containers region to create a new Folder Structure output container. The output(s) will automatically be linked.
Shift+Ctrl+O Configure the properties of the currently selected output container/print job.
F9

Generate the outputs that are enabled and linked to the selected output container/print job.

 

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Note

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