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In many cases, you can enter a hyphen before a command to suppress the
display of a dialog box and display prompts for the command instead. To
create a context-sensitive menu for a command that displays prompts instead
of a dialog box (such as -INSERT), you need to name the menu
COMMAND_-INSERT.

To create a shortcut menu
Do one of the following:

■ To create a standard shortcut menu

a Click Manage tab ➤ Customization panel ➤ User Interface.

b In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, in the
Customizations In <file name> pane, right-click Shortcut Menus. Click
New Shortcut Menu.

The new shortcut menu (named ShortcutMenu1) is placed at the
bottom of the Menus tree.

c Do one of the following:
■ Enter a new name over the default name ShortcutMenu1.

■ Right-click ShortcutMenu1. Click Rename. Enter a new shortcut
menu name.

■ Click ShortcutMenu1, wait, and click again over the shortcut
menu’s name to edit its name in-place.

d In the Properties pane, Description box, optionally enter a description
for the shortcut menu.

e In the Aliases box, click the [ ] button.

f In the Aliases dialog box, press Enter so you are on a new line. Enter
additional aliases for the menu, and after each one, press Enter. An
alias is automatically assigned, and defaults to the next available POP

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