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Home stack shortcuts

If you’re using the Home stack that comes with HyperCard, you can type the following messages into the Message box as shortcuts for various authoring and scripting tasks:

• c: Opens the Card Info dialog box.
• b: Opens the Bkgnd Info dialog box.
• s: Opens the Stack Info dialog box.
• mw: Shows the Message watcher.
• nav: Displays the navigator palette.
• se: Sets the text font and size for the Script Editor.
• ss: Searches all the scripts in a stack for a string.
• vw: Shows the Variable watcher.
• xy: Continually puts the mouse location into the Message box until you click.

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