Keyboard shortcuts

Frequently used keyboard shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Start a new file	Ctrl+N
Open a surtitle file	Ctrl+O
Save your work	Ctrl+S
Save As	Ctrl+Shift+S
Undo the most recent change	Ctrl+Z
Redo an previously undone change	Ctrl+Y

Navigate through the text

Action	Shortcut
Move the cursor one word to the left	Ctrl+Left Arrow
Move the cursor one word to the right	Ctrl+Right Arrow
Place the cursor at the beginning of the line	Home
Place the cursor at the end of the line	End
Find text	Ctrl+F
Go to the next search result	F3
Go to previous search result	Shift+F3

Navigate the surtitle board

Action	Shortcut
Move the cursor to the next track	Tab
Move the cursor to the previous track	Shift+Tab
Move the cursor up by one card	Ctrl+Down Arrow
Move the cursor down by one card	Ctrl+Up Arrow
Place the cursor on the first row	Ctrl+Home
Place the cursor on the last row	Ctrl+End
Place the cursor on the first track	Alt+Home
Place the cursor on the last track	Alt+End
Scroll down by one screen	Page Up
Scroll up by one screen	Page Down
Scroll left by one screen	Alt+Page Up
Scroll down by one screen	Alt+Page Down
Go to a row number	Ctrl+G

Select

Action	Shortcut
Extend selection	Shift+Click or Shift+Navigation shortcut
Select non-adjacent items	Ctrl+Click
Select a word	Double-click
Select a line of text	Triple-click
Select the card containing the text cursor	Ctrl+Space
Select the row containing the text cursor	Ctrl+Shift+Space
Select the track containing the text cursor	Ctrl+Alt+Space
Select all tracks	Ctrl+A
Select the media in the current card	Ctrl+Alt+I
Cancel selection	Esc

Edit text

Action	Shortcut
Place the text cursor inside a card	Enter
Exit text editing mode	Esc
Delete the word to the left of the cursor	Ctrl+Backspace
Delete the word to the right of the cursor	Ctrl+Delete
Cut the selected text to the clipboard	Ctrl+X
Copy the selected text to the clipboard	Ctrl+C
Paste the clipboard contents	Ctrl+V
Find and replace text	Ctrl+H

Edit cards

Action	Shortcut
Insert a row above	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Insert a row below	Ctrl+Enter
Insert a card above & shift down	Alt+Shift+Enter
Insert a card below & shift down	Alt+Enter
Delete a card	Alt+Delete
Remove a card & shift up	Alt+Backspace
Delete selected cards	Delete
Delete selected cards & shift up	Backspace
Cut the selected cards to the clipboard	Ctrl+X
Copy the selected cards to the clipboard	Ctrl+C
Paste the clipboard contents	Ctrl+V
Split a card	Ctrl+K
Merge a card	Ctrl+M

Format text

Action	Shortcut
Bold	Ctrl+B
Italic	Ctrl+I
Underline	Ctrl+U
Strikethrough	Ctrl+5
Superscript	Ctrl+Shift+Plus (+)
Subscript	Ctrl+Shift+Minus (-)
Align the text to the left	Ctrl+L
Center the text	Ctrl+E
Align the text to the right	Ctrl+R
Reduce font size	Ctrl+Shift+Comma (,)
Increase font size	Ctrl+Shift+Period (.)

Insert comments and annotations

Action	Shortcut
Enter a comment	Ctrl+Semicolon (;)
Flag/unflag a row	Ctrl+D
Move to the next flag	Ctrl+J
Move to the previous flag	Ctrl+Shift+J
Hide/show a row	F4

Project surtitles

Action	Shortcut
Start/stop projection	F5
Cue the next card	Down/Right Arrow or Spacebar
Go to the previous card	Up/Left Arrow
Go to the first row	Ctrl+Home
Go to the last row	Ctrl+End
Move up one screen	Ctrl+Page Up
Move down one screen	Ctrl+Page Down
Blackout / Restore projection	Backspace
Enter a comment	Ctrl+Semicolon (;)
Finish entering a comment	Esc
Flag/unflag a row	Ctrl+D

Configure displays

Action	Shortcut
Show the display configuration interface	F9
Switch to the next display	Ctrl+Tab
Switch to the previous display	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Select the next area	Tab
Select the previous area	Shift+Tab
Clear area selection	Esc
Move the selected area	Arrow key
Move the selected area with more precision	Shift+Arrow key
Resize the selected area	Alt+Arrow key
Resize the selected area with more precision	Alt+Shift+Arrow key
Delete the selected area	Delete

Customize the surtitle board appearance

Action	Shortcut
Increase text size	Ctrl+Plus (+)
Reduce text size	Ctrl+Minus (-)
Restore text size	Ctrl+Zero (0)