The Shortcut bar is located down the left hand side of the screen. It provides access to specific functions within each mode, essentially behaving as a sub tool bar. Each icon shown in the Shortcut bar is termed a Shortcut button and is the means to activating either a specific function within a mode or is a shortcut to a file or application.
The Shortcut bar can contain several groups of buttons. By default, OfficeTalk shows a single group containing the buttons for the mode shown. You can show all the mode groups in the shortcut bar by clicking the right mouse button in a blank part of the Shortcut bar and selecting Mode Groups from the context menu.
Doing this will show a group tab for each of the modes in OfficeTalk. Clicking on a mode group tab will display that mode's shortcut buttons in the Shortcut bar. If you change mode using the mode tool bar at the top of the screen, the associated mode group tab is automatically selected, showing the mode's buttons in the Shortcut bar. If you select a different mode group and click on one of the buttons in that group, the associated mode will be selected and the action, associated with the button, will be performed.
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