This isn't really a direct answer, but I use QuicKeys for this kind of thing all the time. Still, I'm not sure you want to plop down $90 or so for just this! Also, CE (the makers of QK) are getting a little stingy - trying to charge me full price for their upgrade to 10.3 and I have been using their stuff since System 5 (I purchased a full version for 10.0 and 10.2). I think there are various freeware and shareware apps that do similar things like assigning a menu item to a keyboard shortcut.