Pathagoras makes it easy to keep your favorite Pathagoras commands handy and in a single location. The tool is called Quick Picks, and you access it simply by pressing <Alt-Q>.
With Quick Picks, you can assign up to 15 Pathagoras functions to buttons. To activate Quick Picks, press Alt-Q. At the resulting screen, select a button and then a command
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By default, Pathagoras has pre-assigned a few popular commands. The above image shows a practically full array.
You can re-assign any assignments or keep them and add new ones to the remaining unassigned buttons.
▪To set an unassigned button, just click on it and follow the prompts.
▪To re-assign a button, shift-click on it and follow the prompts.
▪You make assignments 'in-bulk' using the button at the far left/bottom.
▪You can even change a label (the text to the right of the button) if you don't like the label we created. (Click the More button and then click the Edit text button that appears. Follow the instructions.
These are some of the choices you can place into your MyButtons collection:
All Settings |
Show All Settings Screen |
Check Variables |
Compare variables in underlying document to set list of variables in a mask |
Conversion Tools |
Convert a folder to a glossary, a glossary to a folder, etc. |
Convert HotDocs |
Convert HotDocs fields to Pathagoras variables |
Create DDL |
Create a new DropDown List |
Document Assembly |
Initiate a document assembly session via Library & Books (same as clicking the Document Assembly button in the Pathagoras toolbar) |
External database settings |
Display settings to external database links |
Glossary Toolbar |
Show the floating Glossary Toolbar |
IDB Settings |
Instant Database Settings & Tools screen |
Instant Database |
Display Instant Database screen (Same as Alt-D) |
Mail Merge |
Perform Mail Merge on underlying 'plain text' document with database or Instant Database records. |
Mask Maker |
Scan document or all documents in folder to create intake form ('Mask') |
*Alias* Edit |
Edit your *Alias* collection |
Name & Subjects Editor |
Quickly modify names and/or subjects of files in selected folder. (Add sorting prefixes, convert to prefix/suffix style, etc.) |
Options Wizard |
Display 'Create Options' Wizard |
Paint Markers |
Paint Pathagorizing markers in vivid colors to make them more visible |
PathSmart |
Document management feature: Quickly access your favorite folders |
Prefix Table |
Show Prefix Table |
Process (test) |
Test Options, Optional and Repeat blocks (Same as <Alt-P>) |
SaveSmart |
Document management: Quick save to favorite folders |
Structure Checker |
Check Structure of document elements (variables, options blocks, etc.) |
TermWorks |
Show 'Term Works' screen |
Toggle Bookmarks |
Display/Hide bookmarks |
Variables Wizard |
Display 'Create Variables' Wizard |
Web Browser |
Show Web browser |
The list that ships with Pathagoras is augmented on a fairly regular basis, and your installed version of
Pathagoras likely has more choices than those listed above.
If you have a 'favorite' button that you wish for us to add to our list so you can add it to your Quick Picks collection, just ask.
You can add just about any Pathagoras command to your QAT. And we encourage you to do so. Read more about that here.