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Keyboard shortcuts

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

Standard shortcuts
Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+A Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+X Ctrl+B Ctrl+I Ctrl+U Delete New project (main interface) or title Open project or title Save project or title Undo Redo Select all Copy to clipboard Paste from clipboard Cut to clipboard Toggle bold Toggle italic Toggle underline Delete without copying to clipboard

Main Studio interface

Space bar J K L X or Ctrl+Up Y or Ctrl+Down A or I S or O Ctrl+Left Ctrl+Right Alt+Left Alt+Right Alt+Ctrl+Left Play and stop Fast reverse (hit multiple times for faster playback) Halt playback Fast forward (hit multiple times for faster playback) Step forward 1 frame Step back 1 frame Mark in Mark out Trim in point by -1 frame Trim in point by +1 frame Trim out point by -1 frame Trim out point by +1 frame Rolling trim out point by -1 frame (trims following clip too)

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Alt+Ctrl+Right G D F E or Home R or End Left Right Delete Insert Ctrl+Delete Page up Page down Numeric pad + Numeric pad C V M Ctrl+Page up Ctrl+Page down Ctrl+E Ctrl+D Ctrl+F

Rolling trim out point by +1 frame Clear mark in and mark out Go to mark in (in trimmer tool) Go to mark out (in trimmer tool) Go to start Go to end Select previous clip Select next clip Delete selected clip(s) Split clip at scrubber position Delete clip and close Timeline gap (video track); leave Timeline gap (other tracks) Go to next page in Movie Window Go to previous page in Movie Window Zoom in the Timeline Zoom out the Timeline Set menu chapter Clear menu chapter Set return to menu Go to previous menu chapter Go to next menu chapter Copy all effects in Timeline clip Paste effects to Timeline clip Open effects tool

Motion Titler
F11 F12 Alt+Plus Alt+Minus Ctrl+Plus Ctrl+Minus Ctrl+Period Ctrl+Comma Ctrl+D Space bar Cancel (exit titler) Confirm (exit titler) Bring to front Send to back Bring forward one layer Send back one layer Font grow Font shrink Deselect all With cursor in timeline area: Start and stop playback

Classic Title Editor

F11 F12 Alt+Plus Alt+Minus Ctrl+Plus Ctrl+Minus Ctrl+0 Ctrl+1 Cancel (exit titler) Confirm (exit titler) Bring to front Send to back Bring forward one layer Send back one layer Text justification off Text justification: bottom left

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Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 Ctrl+5 Ctrl+6 Ctrl+7 Ctrl+8 Ctrl+9 Ctrl+K Ctrl+M Shift+Left Shift+Right Ctrl+Left

Text justification: bottom center Text justification: bottom right Text justification: middle left Text justification: middle center Text justification: middle right Text justification: top left Text justification: top center Text justification: top right Kern, leading and skew Move, scale and rotate Expand character selection left Expand character selection right Reduce horizontal scale of, or squeeze (kern), text selection depending on current edit mode (move/scale/rotate or kern/skew/leading) Increase horizontal scale of, or stretch (kern), text selection Reduce scale or leading of text selection depending on current edit mode Increase scale or leading of text selection Same as Ctrl+Left (coarse) Same as Ctrl+Right (coarse) Same as Ctrl+Down (coarse) Same as Ctrl+Up (coarse) In text selection: Move characters left. No selection: Move left all text from cursor to end of line. In text selection: Move characters right. No selection: Move right all text from cursor to end of line. Same as Alt+Left (coarse) Same as Alt+Right (coarse)

Ctrl+Right Ctrl+Down Ctrl+Up Shift+Ctrl+Left Shift+Ctrl+Right Shift+Ctrl+Down Shift+Ctrl+Up Alt+Left

Alt+Right

Shift+Alt+Left Shift+Alt+Right

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