APS keyboard shortcuts
You don’t need Companion or the user-interface to switch presentations or display images: Our global keyboard-shortcuts can perform the most basic operations of the program, and they will work also when the APS user-interface is not active.
1. Global shortcuts for presentation control
The video shows how you can switch presentations with the shortcuts Control + rightarrow (PC) or command + rightarrow (Mac). Below is a list of the available global keyboard-shortcuts for presentation-control:
Ctrl + rightarrow (PC)/ Cmd + rightarrow (Mac):
When a presentation is in fullscreen, this shortcut will open and display the next presentation in the same folder
Ctrl + leftarrow (PC)/ Cmd + leftarrow (Mac):
Similar to the “next” command, except that you go backwards to the previous presentation
Ctrl + downarrow (PC)/ Cmd + downarrow (Mac):
Similar to the “next” command, except that the new presentation will only be opened and not displayed in fullscreen.
Ctrl + upnarrow (PC)/ Cmd + upnarrow (Mac):
This shortcut can do 2 operations, depending on what is the state of the computer:
– If a presentation is opened, the shortcut will put it in fullscreen
– If a presentation is opened and displayed in fullscreen, this shortcut will close all other opened presentations that APS can control.
2. Global shortcuts for still-image control
These shortcuts will control the still-images, and perform some of the same operations as the buttons in the still-images menu.
Ctrl + Shift + 1 (PC) / Cmd + Shift + 1 (Mac):
Display image 1
Ctrl + Shift + 2 (PC) / Cmd + Shift + 2 (Mac):
Display image 2
Ctrl + Shift + 3 (PC) / Cmd + Shift + 3 (Mac):
Display test-image
Ctrl + Shift + 4 (PC) / Cmd + Shift + 4 (Mac):
Display black image
Ctrl + Shift + 7 (PC) / Cmd + Shift + 7 (Mac):
Take screenshot and load this as image 1
Ctrl + Shift + 8 (PC) / Cmd + Shift + 8 (Mac):
Ctrl + shift + esc: Eject images
3. Global shortcuts for the APS media player (Windows)
You can also start, pause, restart and stop videos using our shortcuts. The available shortcuts are below:
Ctrl + Alt + 1: Play
Ctrl + Alt + 2: Pause
Ctrl + Alt + 3: Restart
Ctlr + ALt + 4: Stop
Please note that the APS media-player is only available for Windows.