How can I save an item to a hotkey?

I remember seeing this in one of the tips you get when you start a game, but I can't find it again.

You're supposed to be able to "save" an item to a hotkey, so that no other items get placed there, and items of that type will get put there automatically. Anyone know how to do that?

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How do I save something using Ctrl key?

Save and rename Office files Tip: To quickly save a file, press Ctrl+S.

How do you hotkey a file?

Navigate to the file or folder on your computer. Right click the file or folder and a menu will appear. Left click the Desktop (create shortcut) item on the list. This action creates a desktop shortcut to the file or folder on your desktop.

Is there a hotkey for Save As?

One is on the Quick Access Toolbar, or we can press F12 and display the save as option or press the keyboard shortcut CTRL+S, which opens the \u201cSave As\u201d dialog box to save the file in the desired format path.

How do I create my own keyboard shortcuts?

Begin keyboard shortcuts with CTRL or a function key.

In the Press new shortcut key box, press the combination of keys that you want to assign. ...

Look at Current keys (or Currently assigned to) to see whether the combination of keys is already assigned to a command or other item. ...

Select Assign.

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