KEYBOARD SWITCHES
Using the keyboard switches is the fastest way of working, as confidence is gained.
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.
   Single keypresses drive the older and most vital switches, and these are almost all toggles.

   'Esc' key cancels pop-up windows as you would expect (but BEWARE: another Esc closes pre V2.04 versions of Astrolog32!!).

   As many actions are invoked by combining keys. Examples are: the shiftkey switch '?' for a list of keyboard switches, 'Alt+z', to put
  in data for a new chart, 'Alt+w' to save the main chart data to a .dat file.... these are almost never toggles; but there are exceptions.

   Keyboard Switches (just like Command Switches) are case-sensitive!


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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)
press
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



HANDLING MULTIPLE CHART-THREADS
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)



RESTRICTIONS
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



USING PROGRAM & PC CLIPBOARDS
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')



SEARCHING & CYCLING THROUGH CHARTS
Open 'Search charts..' dialog
press
Alt+s
Call next chart, in series,
press
Ctrl+n
Call previous chart, in series,
press
Ctrl+r



APPEARANCE
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



VEDIC & NON-EARTH-CENTRED
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



PROGRESSION/REGRESSION
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

JUMP RATES for RATE of PROGRESSION -these are all shiftkeys.
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,
press
@ ('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)



MODERN EXTENSIONS OF THE PROGRAM
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)



MAIN SETTINGS
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



SOME TROPICAL HOUSE-DIVISIONS
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