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Summary:
The keyboard combination <Alt-G> is one of Pathagoras' most powerful tools. It can be used to perform a wide variety of document management and document assembly functions 'mouselessly' (i.e., straight from your keyboard), including:

Display directories and documents 'mouselessly':

open a directory anywhere on your computer or across a network using only the keyboard.
filter a directory display before it is displayed. (Want to see only files starting with "Smi". <Alt-G> can do it and much more quickly than can Word alone. Type the SmartPath number, a colon, and Smi* (e.g., "8:smi*") (no quotes, case not important) followed by <Alt-G> will instantly display all files in SmartPath 8 that start with the letters "smi".
open a specific file from any directory on your system without using your mouse.. No matter its location, on your computer or across the network, Pathagoras can find it. It's quick and it's straight from your keyboard. (e.g., "8:smith letter to jones" (no quotes, case not important) followed by <Alt-G> will instantly open the named file (assuming it exists in SmartPath #8)

Assemble documents 'mouselessly':

insert a specific document, glossary term or AutoCorrect term into the current document.
assemble a complete document from a list of clause numbers typed down the left hand side of a page.
if you have assigned a "prefix" to a collection of clauses, <Alt-G> will directly seek out the glossary which contains those terms and insert the requested term.

Miscellaneous <Alt-G> features:

Quickly create a new glossary (a collection of terms used for document assembly). Simply highlight text that you want to make the first term in your glossary. Press <Alt-G> and follow the prompts.
Quickly add new text to an existing glossary. Similar to the above, but the clause is inserted into one of your existing glossaries.

The 'G' stands for 'G'lossary,
but even that is misleading, since it does so much more.
Any way that you remember it, you will like it.

The keyboard combination of 'Alt-G' is a special feature of the Pathagoras suite. It is Pathagoras' 'universal' trigger key. Many actually find this to be Pathagoras' most useful 'day-to-day' feature:

Simply type the name of a folder, a document, a glossary term or an AutoCorrect term on your editing screen. Press 'Alt-G'. The desired object is sought out by the Pathagoras engine and is instantly opened, inserted, recalled, whatever, without having to navigate to or through any directory. If a path designator is provided (a SmartPath number followed by a colon, followed by a document name), the document is sought in the designated path. Otherwise the document is sought in the last directory which you displayed. Here are more details. (Note: On some installations, the Alt-G combination does not register in the "Customize Keyboard" registry. To activate Alt-G in this case, display the main PathSmart screen, activate "Settings" (in the cluster of buttons in the lower right portion of the screen). Then press the Set Alt-G button which appears at the top of the Settings screen. This one press should be a permanent cure.)

Instant Display of Directories with <Alt-G >
Logic: When a user press the key combination <Alt-G>, Pathagoras reads the text to the left of the cursor to the beginning of a line. It parses what it finds and, depending upon the presence of certain characters (letters, digits, slashes or the colon character) in certain locations, and whether the text was highlighted before the <Alt-G> press, Pathagoras can determine the action the user is requesting.

So . . .

Type this on the screen. Then press Alt-G.	. . . and this will happen.
"c:\" or "c:\+" (quotes on this page are for emphasis only, and are not actually typed) (The '+' means display the Insert File dialog)	The root directory displays with the standard MSWord 'Open File' dialog. Add the '+' sign to show the files with the 'Insert File' dialog, allowing you to insert the document you select into the current document. ("+" means add the file to the current document, which is why the Insert File dialog displays.)
"g:\" or "g:\+" "g:\my documents\" or "g:\my documents\+" (final slash required), or any valid path or drive, local or network. (The '+' means display the Insert File dialog)	Pathagoras displays the appropriate directory over the network, with the standard 'Open File' dialog. Ditto above re: the '+' sign. (Pathagoras easily traverses network assignments.)
"2" or "2:" or "2:\" or "2+" or "2:+" or "2:\+" (The '+' means display the Insert File dialog)	The SmartPath assigned to the number 2 will display. 'Open File', or with '+' 'Insert File', dialog displays. Of course the easiest way to display SmartPath 2 is simply to type the SmartPath number, without colons or slashes, but the options exist.
"2" or "2:" + Shift-Alt-G There is no '+' alternative necessary. The Open, Insert and Assemble choices are on the checkbox screen.	The <Shift-Alt-G> command tells Pathagoras to display the SmartPath assigned to the number 2 using the Checkbox screen. You can choose to assemble files into a new document, insert file(s) into present document, or open file(s) in separate Window(s). Trust me--this is a neat feature.
"2:\gre" (Knowing that a user might forget to type either the colon or the slash, logic is present to correct the user's oversight. So "2:gre" will also work.)	The directory assigned to the number 2, will display with MSWord's standard File Open dialog), presenting only files which begin with "gr" (Green Will.doc, Great Job.doc, etc.) If no documents meet the 'filter', the filter will be peeled back, one letter at a time, until a document is found. (E.g., 'gr.doc',then 'g.doc', then '*.doc')
2:\gre*" + Shift-Alt-G Ditto the above. If your directory contains a lot of folders, which always display ahead of documents in the typical Windows directory display, using the 'capital slash' (or 'pipe' to experienced DOS users) instead of a slash may be a preferable way of displaying your directories contents.	The SmartPath assigned to the number 2 will display with Pathagoras' Checkbox dialog, presenting only files which begin with "gre" (Green Will.doc, Great Job.doc, etc.) Choose "assemble," "insert" or "open" all, some, one (or no) documents. If no documents meet the 'filter', the filter will be peeled back, one letter at a time, until a document is found. (E.g., 'gr.doc',then 'g.doc', then '*.doc')
Alt-G on a blank line.	The SmartPath assigned to the default path (or #1 if a default path not assigned) will display with standard MSWord 'Open File' dialog.
Ctrl-Alt-G on a blank line.	The SmartPath assigned to the default path (or #1 if a default path not assigned) will display with standard MSWord 'Insert File' dialog.
Shift-Alt-G on a blank line.	The SmartPath assigned to the default path (or #1 if a default path not assigned) will display with Pathagoras' Checkbox dialog.
::MyProfile,2 The 'formula' is double colons at the beginning, the name of the profile and the SmartPath number of the profile	The SmartPath assigned to the named Profile with standard MSWord 'Open File' dialog. It is this ability that gives you quick, easy keyboard access to potentially hundreds of folders on your system.

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