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