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# 9 03-03-2006 , 05:31 AM
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A quick answer is
Q; select
W; move
E; royate
R; scale.., but..,

there should be quick time movies in the help menu to get you past this.., but..,

Hotkeys
Hotkeys are also known as keyboard shortcuts. There are several default hotkeys, and they appear on the menu label next to the corresponding menu command. You can change these hotkeys and assign new ones using the Hotkey Editor

You can show or hide any of the UI elements in the main window using the Display > UI Elements menu.

Assigning hotkeys to standard commands
Use the top half of the Hotkey Editor to assign hotkeys to a menu selection or standard command. To help you choose hotkeys, you can also view a list of mapped
and unmapped keys.
To assign a hotkey:
1 Choose Window > Settings/Preferences > Hotkeys.
2 Select the category and command.
There are categories for all of the main menus and for several other commands.
Menu commands for plug-ins, including Live and Fur, are under the User category.
If you have trouble finding a command, click Search (see "Example—creating a hotkey for a view menu option:" on page 362).
3 In the Assign New Hotkey area, specify the key combination and other settings. You can see a list of which keys are unmapped by clicking List All.
Key Enter the key you want to assign to the selected command. Enter a letter fromAto Z (upper and lower case are different keys) or a number from 0 to 9. You cannot use more than one letter or
number.
Or, choose a special key from the pull-down list. For example, if
you want the right arrow key to act as the trigger, assign it here.
Modifier Select either Alt or Ctrl for the hotkey modifier.
Direction Use Press or Release to associate a command with the press or a release of a key. For example, you can create a hotkey to instruct Maya to snap to a curve when you press a key, then turn off the snapping when you release it.
If you added a key to an operation ending with (Press) or
(Release), add the same key to the corresponding (Release) or
(Press) operation.
Add to Recent Command List Turn on so that this hotkey can appear in the Edit > Recent Commands window.
Query Click Query to determine whether the specified key settings have lready been assigned to a command.
Find Click Find to highlight the category and command for the key you enter in the Key field.
4 Click Assign. The new hotkey appears in the Current Hotkeys list.

Viewing hotkey lists;

Click List All to view a list of mapped and unmapped keys. This opens the List Hotkeys window that allows you to sort the keys in various ways.
To print the hotkeys list to a file, click Save to File and specify a destination directory.


take it easy and life will be easy