Changing Keyboard Shortcuts

From Mac Guides

Starting in Panther and continuing into Tiger, you are able to customize many system-level and application shortcuts.

To view or change system-level Keyboard shortcuts:

1. Open the Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane
2. Click on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab
3. To change a shortcut, double click on the existing shortcut, and press the keys that make up your new shortcut.
4. If you make a mistake, click '"Restore Defaults to return the keyboard shortcuts to the factory defaults.

To change an application specific shortcut:

1. Open the Keyboard & Mouse Preference Pane
2. Click on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab
3. Click the Add button (looks like a Plus sign)
4. Select the application from the dropdown in the panel
5. Enter in the menu item, exactly as it appears in the application (it's a text match)
6. Press the keys that make up the new shortcut.
7. Click Add to save changes