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The terms Left, Right, Up and Down in these tables refer to the arrow (cursor) keys.

Standard shortcuts

Ctrl+N

New… project (main interface) or title

Ctrl+O

Open project or title

Ctrl+S

Save project or title

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+A

Select all

Ctrl+C

Copy to clipboard

Ctrl+V

Paste from clipboard

Ctrl+X

Cut to clipboard

Ctrl+B

Toggle bold

Ctrl+I

Toggle italic

Ctrl+U

Toggle underline

Delete

Delete without copying to clipboard

Main Studio interface

Space bar

Play and stop

J

Fast reverse (hit multiple times for faster playback)

K

Halt playback

L

Fast forward (hit multiple times for faster playback)

X or Ctrl+Up

Step forward 1 frame

Y or Ctrl+Down

Step back 1 frame

A or I

Mark in

S or O

Mark out

Ctrl+Left

Trim in point by -1 frame

Ctrl+Right

Trim in point by +1 frame

Alt+Left

Trim out point by -1 frame

Alt+Right

Trim out point by +1 frame

Alt+Ctrl+Left

Rolling trim out point by -1 frame (trims following clip too)

Alt+Ctrl+Right

Rolling trim out point by +1 frame

G

Clear mark in and mark out

D

Go to mark in (in trimmer tool)

F

Go to mark out (in trimmer tool)

E or Home

Go to start

R or End

Go to end

Left

Select previous clip

Right

Select next clip

Delete

Delete selected clip(s)

Insert

Split clip at scrubber position

Ctrl+Delete

Delete clip and… close Timeline gap (video track); leave Timeline gap (other tracks)

Page up

Go to next page in Movie Window

Page down

Go to previous page in Movie Window

Numeric pad +

Zoom in the Timeline

Numeric pad -

Zoom out the Timeline

C

Set menu chapter

V

Clear menu chapter

M

Set return to menu

Ctrl+Page up

Go to previous menu chapter

Ctrl+Page down

Go to next menu chapter

Ctrl+E

Copy all effects in Timeline clip

Ctrl+D

Paste effects to Timeline clip

Ctrl+F

Open effects tool

Motion Titler

F11

Cancel (exit titler)

F12

Confirm (exit titler)

Alt+Plus

Bring to front

Alt+Minus

Send to back

Ctrl+Plus

Bring forward one layer

Ctrl+Minus

Send back one layer

Ctrl+Period

Font grow

Ctrl+Comma

Font shrink

Ctrl+D

Deselect all

Space bar

With cursor in timeline area: Start and stop playback

Classic Title Editor

F11

Cancel (exit titler)

F12

Confirm (exit titler)

Alt+Plus

Bring to front

Alt+Minus

Send to back

Ctrl+Plus

Bring forward one layer

Ctrl+Minus

Send back one layer

Ctrl+0

Text justification off

Ctrl+1

Text justification: bottom left

Ctrl+2

Text justification: bottom center

Ctrl+3

Text justification: bottom right

Ctrl+4

Text justification: middle left

Ctrl+5

Text justification: middle center

Ctrl+6

Text justification: middle right

Ctrl+7

Text justification: top left

Ctrl+8

Text justification: top center

Ctrl+9

Text justification: top right

Ctrl+K

Kern, leading and skew

Ctrl+M

Move, scale and rotate

Shift+Left

Expand character selection left

Shift+Right

Expand character selection right

Ctrl+Left

Reduce horizontal scale of, or squeeze (kern), text selection depending on current edit mode (move/scale/rotate or kern/skew/leading)

Ctrl+Right

Increase horizontal scale of, or stretch (kern), text selection

Ctrl+Down

Reduce scale or leading of text selection depending on current edit mode

Ctrl+Up

Increase scale or leading of text selection

Shift+Ctrl+Left

Same as Ctrl+Left (coarse)

Shift+Ctrl+Right

Same as Ctrl+Right (coarse)

Shift+Ctrl+Down

Same as Ctrl+Down (coarse)

Shift+Ctrl+Up

Same as Ctrl+Up (coarse)

Alt+Left

In text selection: Move characters left. No selection: Move left all text from cursor to end of line.

Alt+Right

In text selection: Move characters right. No selection: Move right all text from cursor to end of line.

Shift+Alt+Left

Same as Alt+Left (coarse)

Shift+Alt+Right

Same as Alt+Right (coarse)

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