diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.py b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.py
index e444bed104..bf6b162bde 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.py
@@ -103,13 +103,21 @@ class CreateCustomColumn(QDialog, Ui_QCreateCustomColumn):
 
     def shortcut_activated(self, url):
         which = unicode(url).split(':')[-1]
-        self.column_type_box.setCurrentIndex(10)
+        self.column_type_box.setCurrentIndex({
+            'yesno': 9,
+            'tags' : 1,
+            'series': 3,
+            }.get(which, 10))
         self.column_name_box.setText(which)
         self.column_heading_box.setText({
             'isbn':'ISBN',
             'formats':_('Formats'),
+            'yesno':_('Yes/No'),
+            'tags': _('My Tags'),
+            'series': _('My Series'),
             'last_modified':_('Last Modified')}[which])
-        self.composite_box.setText(
+        if self.composite_box.isVisible():
+            self.composite_box.setText(
                 {
                     'isbn': '{identifiers:select(isbn)}',
                     'formats': '{formats}',
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui
index 141d05f9a0..8ed54b6af6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ four values, the first of them being the empty value.</string>
      <item row="3" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="shortcuts">
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Quick create: &lt;a href=&quot;col:isbn&quot; title=&quot;Show the books' ISBN in the column&quot;&gt;ISBN&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:formats&quot; title=&quot;Show the books' formats in the column&quot;&gt;Formats&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:last_modified&quot; title=&quot;Show the date the books' metadata was last modified in the column&quot;&gt;Last Modified&lt;/a&gt;</string>
+        <string>Quick create: &lt;a href=&quot;col:isbn&quot; title=&quot;Show the books' ISBN in the column&quot;&gt;ISBN&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:formats&quot; title=&quot;Show the books' formats in the column&quot;&gt;Formats&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:last_modified&quot; title=&quot;Show the date the books' metadata was last modified in the column&quot;&gt;Last Modified&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:yesno&quot;&gt;Yes/No&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:tags&quot;&gt;Tags&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;col:series&quot;&gt;Series&lt;/a&gt;</string>
        </property>
        <property name="wordWrap">
         <bool>true</bool>