Shortcut keys

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Shortcut keys
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Contents 1 Zooming 2 Manipulating Stacks 2.1 Operational Orders (if applicable) 3 Map shortcuts 4 Ledger shortcuts 5 In the unit panel 6 Messages Log 7 Windows 8 Saved Games

Zooming

Mouse wheel

Zoom in/Zoom out

Click on mouse wheel

Alternate between maximum and minimum zoom levels

End

Same

Page Up

Zoom in

Page Down

Zoom out

Manipulating Stacks

Left-click

Select a stack

Right-click

Unselect (and returns to messages display)

Ctrl+click

Cycle through the various region stacks.

Drag & drop on another region

Move

Drag & drop on same region

Cancel whole move (exception: if Shift is pressed it allows circular trips)

Drag & drop on another force

Either intercept an enemy or merge with a friendly force

Drag & drop on city, port

Enter the structure

Drag & drop on a tab

Merge with this force

Del

Cancel the last leg of the movement path of the selected stack.

C

Center map on selected stack

Shift

When an army stack is selected: See the army command radius.

Shift

When a (non-army) stack is selected: See the nearby regions and nature of the links.

Ctrl

Show number of men

E/R

Cycle through land forces. Simultaneously press Ctrl to skip units who are not moving.

T/Y

Cycle through naval forces. Simultaneously press Ctrl to skip units who are not moving.

S (sentry)

Selected force will be skipped when cycling with keys E/R/T/Y

Ctrl +S

Remove all “sentry” orders

Ctrl + L

Lock/unlock all stacks (prevents a stack drop onto another stack from merging)

Right-click on a tab

Lock/unlock this stack.

A, O, D, P

Change the stack to the corresponding posture

Operational Orders (if applicable)

Shift+T

Enter town upon reaching destination

Shift+F

Build fort

Shift+D

Build depot

Shift+S

Sortie from structure

Shift+M

Force march

Shift+A

Set an ambush

Shift+R

Raze fort

Shift+B

Burn structure (land units)

Shift+B

Bombard (naval units)

Ctrl +C

When several units are selected, combine them (e.g. into a division)

Ctrl +D

Detach the unit if it consists of several units.

Map shortcuts

Keys 1 – 6: Switch map filter

Ledger shortcuts

F1

Force list

F2

Reinforcements (Secretary of War)

F3

Replacements (Secretary of War)

F4

Drafts (Secretary of War)

F5

Financials (Secretary of Treasury)

F6

Industrial (Secretary of Treasury)

F7

Loyalty (Attorney General)

F8

Politics (Secretary of State)

F9

Objectives (Secretary of State)

F10

Scenario background

In the unit panel

Ctrl-click

Select/unselect multiple units

Mouse wheel scroll

Move through the list of units

Select unit(s) then drag & drop on the map

Create a new army/fleet. This is used for disembarking in a coastal region without a friendly port, for example.

Messages Log

Simple-click

Go to region where event occurred (if relevant)

Double-click

Display messages content (if message is red) and opens specific message window

Mouse wheel scroll

To scroll up and down the message list

Windows

Esc

Close the window

Saved Games

When you move the mouse over a saved game on the load game screen, you have the following options:

Home

Back up one turn

Insert

rename it

Delete

delete it