"How? I can only add menu item shortcuts, not shortcuts to launch applications. I did check there before I wrote my reply. In fact, I had first written a "Yes", before I went to check and discovered otherwise."
Look again. As the previous poster said: System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts. Go to All applications, click on + and select your application from the pop-up menu. Then add you keyboard shortcut.
Halo1:
"How? I can only add menu item shortcuts, not shortcuts to launch applications. I did check there before I wrote my reply. In fact, I had first written a "Yes", before I went to check and discovered otherwise."
Look again. As the previous poster said: System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts. Go to All applications, click on + and select your application from the pop-up menu. Then add you keyboard shortcut.