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Inspiring
June 17, 2019
Question

Shortcuts not working.

  • June 17, 2019
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Hi!

I am currently following all of the tutorials here: https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/after-effects/tutorials.html, and unfortunately, a lot of shortcuts don't work for me.

For example, in this tutorial Compréhension de la création de compositions à l'aide de calques, it says that option + { will move the endpoint of the layer to the current time indicator.

The problem is,  { isn't a keyboard key! In order to type this symbol, I have to do option + 8.

Same thing with this: Toggle expansion of selected layers to show all properties: Command+` (accent grave)

` is not a key!

What am I not understanding?

Also, other shortcuts as shift + / don't work either...

Thanks!

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    gupta shivangi
    Legend
    June 21, 2019

    Hi there,

    Thanks for reaching out. Keyboard shortcuts can be customized as per your need.

    ` is not a key!
    • I could find the ` (accent grave) key in the screenshot attached.

    Also, other shortcuts as shift + / don't work either...

    • Please make sure you are using the keys as mentioned in the article

    Let us know if this helps.

    Thanks,

    Shivangi

    Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 17, 2019

    I've heard of this before, and I think this is an issue with the keyboard layout. What is your keyboard layout when using AE?

    Inspiring
    June 17, 2019

    Here is my keyboard:

    Thanks!

    Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 17, 2019

    Guess I meant what language/locale is your keyboard set at?

    Did you try switching your keyboard layout to English when using After Effects to see if that fixes it:

    How to change your keyboard layout on Mac OS X - The Typing Cat