Using the keyboard switches is the fastest way of working, as confidence is gained.Single keypresses drive the older and most vital switches, and these are almost all toggles.
Some switches are toggles, so the things they do can be reversed by using the same switch again - this is a relief as with Astrolog32 you can find yourself very soon in un-signposted territory.
KEY: indicates Jyotish & Sidereal ;   A 'tick' symbol marks for me a real time-saver!
BASIC CONTROL, & ESSENTIAL SWITCHES
to make a new chart, editting the Mainchart, |
press |
Alt+little z |
to open the Charts folder to find a file, |
press |
Alt+little o |
to switch between chart-image & text-list of a chart, |
toggle |
little v |
to input command-switches in command-line, |
toggle |
Enter |
to escape from Composite chart, bi-, or Multiwheel, |
press |
little c |
to make a new chart, editting chart #2, |
press |
Alt+capital Z |
to open the Charts folder to set up chart #2, |
press |
Alt+capital O |
to save to the Charts folder, |
press |
Alt+w |
to save Mainchart data as *.pos.dat, |
press |
Alt+shift+W |
to save to the Miscellaneous folder as a text-file, |
press |
Ctrl+5 |
to save to the Miscellaneous folder as an image, |
press |
Ctrl+6 |
to set image to Windows as a new wallpaper, (tile/centre/stretch) |
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Ctrl+cap.I/J/L |
to save current options as the config.file's defaults, |
press |
Ctrl+9 |
.. and to force redraw of current graphics display, |
press |
SpaceBar |
to clear the graphics screen and not redraw, |
press |
Backspace |
to call up an 'Here, & Now' chart as Main chart, |
press |
little n |
to open the 'default location' & DST dialog box, |
press |
Alt+shift+D |
to move up or down the screen, |
press |
'page up','page down', 'home','end' keys |
to raise the old keyboard-shortcuts on-screen, |
press |
? (question mark) |
to undo switch, return to mainchart (there are exceptions) |
press |
shift+V |
to close Astrolog32, |
press |
Esc, or little q |
swap chart #2 with Main chart |
toggle |
capital X |
put the Main chart within chart #2 ['Two Wheels'] |
press |
Alt+c |
to raise chart of Composite positions, for Main chart & #2 |
press |
Alt+capital Y |
to raise synastry chart, Main chart houses, with chart #2 planets & points |
press |
Alt+little y |
raise a chart of the Time & Space midpoint-moment between #1 & #2 |
press |
Alt+capital M |
Inner ring Main chart, with outer ring Main chart progressed to chart #2's timepoint |
press |
Alt+capital N |
see text of: dd/mm/yy elapsed between Main chart & chart #2 |
press |
Alt+little d |
open chart #2 dialog |
press |
Alt+shift+O (not zero) |
to reveal/hide ALL Fixed Stars, |
toggle |
capital U |
to reveal/hide such Uranians as have been selected, |
toggle |
little u, (seems not to work) |
to hide planets on the chart, |
toggle |
little l |
to show/hide planets in sky-maps |
toggle |
little i |
to store a current Mainchart in memory, |
press |
little o |
to retrieve a chart from memory, |
press |
capital O |
to copy a chart graphic to MS clipboard, -works even in text view, |
press |
Ctrl+shift+6 (up arrow) |
to copy a chart text to MS clipboard, - works even in graphical view, |
press |
Ctrl+shift+5 (i.e. 'percent') |
Open 'Search charts..' dialog |
press |
Alt+s |
Call next chart, in series, |
press |
Ctrl+n |
Call previous chart, in series, |
press |
Ctrl+r |
to decrease/increase the scale size of the glyphs & size of world map, |
press |
Ctrl+1,2,3 or 4 |
to decrease/increase the scale size of the glyphs & size of world map, |
shift+press |
'<' and '>' |
to SQUARE UP the chart after resizing, |
shift+press |
Q |
to cut down to two (or three), the colours in the chart, |
toggle |
little m |
to invert the colours in the chart, |
toggle |
little x |
to harden up the aspect lines and glyphs, |
toggle |
little i |
to toggle drawing of a border around the chart, |
toggle |
little b |
to change whether signs, or houses, look regular in high-latitude charts, |
toggle |
little i |
to show/hide the panel/header info on current chart, |
toggle |
little t |
to toggle labelling of object points in chart, (hides the planets' glyphs) |
toggle |
little l |
to alter tilt of rotatable Globe, |
press |
'[ 'or ']' |
to colour-highlight items in text-lists |
toggle |
Alt+k |
to toggle the chart as Sidereal/Tropical, |
toggle |
little s |
to remake a chart, the planets & points in their Decans, |
toggle |
little g |
to create a domal chart, |
toggle |
little f |
Vedic Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+V |
Vedic-wheel display |
toggle |
little z |
to set the chart in Ninth harmonic (Navamsas) |
toggle |
little y |
to create a heliocentric chart from the chart-time, |
toggle |
little h |
to show a text-list of the Arabic Parts, - (not a toggle) |
press |
Alt+little p |
to call a 'Here & Now' chart, - (not a toggle) |
press |
little n |
to add/subtract a (.., month), day, (hour,..), from current chart, |
press once |
either +, or - |
to advance/regress the chart one jump factor, by the chosen time-frame, |
toggle |
little p |
to set the progression switch 'p' to regression, or back to progression, |
toggle |
little r |
to toggle animation status on or off, - charts will be updated to current status and globe rotate, |
toggle |
capital N |
to set span of each animation (Jump Factor) to '1 - 9' units of the Jump Rate |
press |
1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8 or 9 |
to set Jump Rate of ONE SECOND, for updating current chart, |
press |
! (exclamation mark) |
to set Jump Rate of ONE MINUTE, for updating current chart, |
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@ ('at' sign) |
to set Jump Rate of ONE HOUR, for updating current chart, |
press |
# |
to set Jump Rate of ONE DAY (default), for updating current chart, |
press |
$ |
to set Jump Rate of ONE MONTH, for updating current chart, |
press |
: (colon) |
to set Jump Rate of ONE YEAR, for updating current chart, |
press |
^ (up arrow) |
to set Jump Rate of ONE DECADE, for updating current chart, |
press |
& (ampersand, i.e. shift+7) |
to set Jump Rate of ONE CENTURY, for updating current chart, |
press |
* (asterisk, i.e. shift+8) |
to set Jump Rate of ONE 1000 YEARS, for updating current chart, |
press |
( ('open'bracket, i.e. shift+9) |
to switch to biorhythm relation chart mode - (not a toggle), hard to get out of.. |
press |
capital Y |
to toggle Constellations View ON, to/from Earthmaps ON, |
toggle |
capital F |
to view declination map at local Horizon, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital Z |
to calculate/show charts 1 & 2 in composite, - (not a toggle) |
press |
Alt+capital Y |
to calculate & show charts 1 & 2 in synastry, - (not a toggle) |
press |
Alt+little y |
to switch to Astrograph, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital L |
to switch to Gauquelin Sectors, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital M |
to switch to Aspects Midpoints Grid, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital A |
to show World Map (mercator), - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital W |
to show sky with planets relative stars - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital G |
to show Dispositors, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital J |
to show relevant ephemeris, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital E |
to show map of Solar System Orbits, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital S |
to Show the Globe which rotates, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital G |
to show the polar view of rotatable Globe, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital P |
to view declination map at local Horizon, - (not a toggle) |
press |
capital Z |
to switch between constellations with planets, and worldmap views, |
toggle |
capital F |
SPECIAL -to toggle through /Z,/Z0 & /XW,/XW0 & /E,/Ey modes, |
press |
0 (thats Zero) |
change to Parallel Aspects |
press |
Alt+capital X |
to call 'Miscellaneous' Settings dialog |
press |
Alt+capital B |
to call 'Calculation Settings' dialog |
press |
Alt+capital S |
to call 'Chart Settings' dialog |
press |
Alt+capital C |
Placidian Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+P |
Regiomontanus Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+R |
Koch Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+K |
Equal Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+Q |
Whole Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+W |
Neo-Porphyry Houses |
press |
Ctrl+shift+O |
Null (Aries at east) |
press |
Ctrl+shift+N |
'Solar' chart |
toggle |
Alt+1 |