Thanks to the follows over at lifehacker.com for pointing out how simple it is to customize your own keyboard shortcuts for the various applications you work with in Mac OS X.

1. Navigate to System Preferences for Keyboard and Mouse

2. Select the Keyboard shortcuts tab

3. Click the (+) and then add the application, the menu bar item, and then assign the keyboard shortcut you’d like to apply to that command.

Its that simple! You can head over to lifehacker.com to view additional comments on the process of creating a keyboard shortcut for any menu action in any program.

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