We all have at least a few channels that we like to read more often than most. By adding them to your list of favorites, you can get quick access to them instead of having to find them in My Channels.
Open the Organize Favorites dialog from the main menu. The channels you add here will be listed in the main menu and Tasks Pane, giving you quick access to them.
For even quicker access, you can assign hotkeys to individual channels. A hotkey is a special combination of keys that, when pressed, will bring up that channel without you even having to go to the menu. To assign a hotkey to a channel:
For example, the screenshot above shows that pressing Control, Shift and A at the same time will open the Awasu channel while pressing Control-Shift-B will open Boing Boing.