Thanks for this topic. I actually just made a forum account to ask this exact question.
Spent the last 2 days slamming my head against the wall trying to figure out how to get the damned Num-Pad to work for the palette shortcuts.
If it's only while using a controller, that makes sense why I couldn't.
Oh, well. Razer Naga mouse will fix that right up.
Just in case I can manage to kill 2 bird's with 1 stone, is there a "pan camera" button instead of just centering forward with ^?