Adding a QuickInsert custom button

This example shows you how to add a custom button for inserting curly quotes (" ") into the target document.

To add the custom button only for files in the active project

Procedure

  1. Click Project Settings.
  2. In the File Types tree, expand the type of file for which you want to add a QuickInsert custom button.
  3. Select the QuickInsert page from your file type tree.
  4. Click Add... to display the Add QuickInsert dialog box.
  5. In the Name box, type Custom.
  6. In the Description box, type Curly Quotes. This description is used for the button's tooltip.
  7. In the Type box, select Text pair.
  8. Insert the left quote () in the Start Text box: with Num Lock on, hold down Alt, type 0147 on the numeric keyboard and then release.
  9. Insert the right guillemet () in the End Text box: with Num Lock on, hold down Alt, type 0148 on the numeric keyboard and then release.
  10. Select Display in QuickInsert group.
  11. Click OK until all dialog boxes are closed.
  12. From the active project, open a document of the type for which you added the new custom button.
  13. Select some text in the target segment and then click the new Curly Quotes button in the QuickInsert group. The selected text is surrounded by “ ”, as a text pair.

To add the custom button for files in all future projects

Procedure

  1. Click File > Options.
  2. In the File Types tree, expand the type of file for which you want to add a QuickInsert custom button.
  3. Select the QuickInsert page from your file type tree.
  4. Click Add... to display the Add QuickInsert dialog box.
  5. In the Name box, type Custom.
  6. In the Description box, type Curly Quotes. This description is used for the button's tooltip.
  7. In the Type box, select Text pair.
  8. Insert the left quote () in the Start Text box: with Num Lock on, hold down Alt, type 0147 on the numeric keyboard and then release.
  9. Insert the right guillemet () in the End Text box: with Num Lock on, hold down Alt, type 0148 on the numeric keyboard and then release.
  10. Check the Display in QuickInsert group.
  11. Click OK until all dialog boxes are closed.
  12. Create a new project and open a document of the type for which you added the new custom button.
  13. Select some text in the target segment and click the new Curly Quotes button in the QuickInsert group. The selected text is surrounded by “ ”, as a text pair.