Creating and Editing Subtitles
Text Formatting,Style and Colour
Unless stated otherwise, number keys, mathematical symbols, Ins (0) and Del (decimal point) refer to the numeric keypad (Numpad) only. Arrows, PageUp and PageDown etc. refer to the specific keys and not those on the scroll lock of the numeric keypad. The NumLock and Scroll Lock settings are generally irrelevant to the action of these command keys, except on laptop keyboards with no dedicated numeric keypad. Where a shortcut requires the Alt key you cannot use the Alt Gr key.
Ctrl N |
New W32 subtitle file |
Ctrl O |
Open existing W32 file |
Ctrl P |
Print current file or current selection |
Alt F4 |
Exit Wincaps Q4 |
Note: The F keys have alternative functions when the Speaker List is active
F1 |
Open help |
Alt 1 |
List View |
Alt 2 |
Timeline View |
Alt 3 |
Compact View |
F5 |
Edit Mode |
F6 |
Fix Mode |
F7 |
Replay Mode |
Ctrl Q |
Open House Styles management dialog |
Ctrl Alt Q | Open Shortforms management dialog |
Ctrl Shift Q |
Opens the Shortforms Edit DEFAULT dialog window |
Esc |
Cycle between subtitle display, Toolbox and SpeakTitle window |
Ctrl Shift Tab | Navigate between files |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Toggle between file view and Super file |
Click here to learn how to navigate around the Toolbox using the Tab and Arrow keys.
Place cursor at the required position in the text
Ctrl+S |
Creates a manual Backup of the file |
Return |
Create new blank subtitle |
Ctrl Return |
Split subtitle, creating new subtitle |
Shift Return |
Split row into 2 lines |
Delete |
Delete next character (merges with next subtitle if cursor is at end of subtitle) |
Ctrl Delete |
Delete forwards word (merges with next subtitle if cursor is at end of subtitle) |
Shift Delete |
Delete current row |
Ctrl Shift Delete |
Delete current subtitle |
Backspace |
Delete previous character (merges with previous subtitle if cursor at start of subtitle) |
Ctrl Backspace |
Deletes backwards word (merges with previous subtitle if cursor at start of subtitle) |
Shift Backspace |
Delete current row |
Ctrl Shift Backspace |
Delete all text in subtitle |
Ctrl C / V / X |
Copy / Paste / Cut |
Ctrl Z / Y |
Undo / Redo |
Ctrl Alt - |
Inserts a En Dash |
Ctrl - or |
Insert/remove speaker change dashes at start of lines (either with or without space after dash/En dash) |
Ctrl Shift H |
Cycle through homophones |
Ctrl Shift X |
Disable subtitle from transmission (toggle) |
Ctrl F7 |
Run a spell check |
Click here to learn how to select and manipulate whole subtitles in the Compact View.
Place cursor at the required position in the text
← (left arrow) |
Move to character on left |
Shift ← |
Select character on left |
Ctrl ← |
Jump to word on left |
Ctrl Shift ← |
Select word left |
→ (right arrow) |
Move to character on right |
Shift → |
Select character on right |
Ctrl → |
Jump to word on right |
Ctrl Shift → |
Select word right |
↑ (up arrow) |
Row up |
Shift ↑ |
Select row up |
↓ (down arrow) |
Row down |
Shift ↓ |
Select row down |
Home |
Go to start of row |
Ctrl Home |
Go to start of subtitle |
Shift Home |
Select text from cursor position to start of row |
Ctrl Shift Home |
Select text from cursor position to start of subtitle |
End |
Go to end of row |
Ctrl End |
Go to end of subtitle |
Shift End |
Select text from cursor position to end of row |
Ctrl Shift End |
Select text from cursor position to end of subtitle |
PageUp/Down |
Go to previous/next subtitle |
Ctrl PageUp/Down |
Go to start/end of subtitle file |
Ctrl Shift PageUp/Down |
Scroll page up/down |
Alt PageUp/Down |
Go to previous/next section marker |
Ctrl F |
Open Find dialog |
Ctrl G |
Go to subtitle/timecode |
Ctrl H |
Open Replace dialog |
Click here to learn more about navigating and selecting text.
With the Compact View selected. Hold Ctrl key down to marquee select nodes
Ctrl Space |
Select/deselect current subtitle node (subtitle turns blue) |
Ctrl A |
Select all nodes |
Shift Home |
Select all subtitle Nodes from current to top of file |
Shift End |
Select all subtitle Nodes from current to bottom of file |
Ctrl↑ (up arrow) |
Move to previous subtitle node |
Ctrl↓ (down arrow) |
Move to next subtitle node |
Ctrl Shift ↑ |
Subtitle node range selection |
Ctrl Shift ↓ |
Subtitle node range selection |
Ctrl Z/Y/C/V/X |
Clipboard commands affect all selected subtitle nodes |
Delete |
Delete selected nodes |
Click here to learn more about using the Compact View
With the Speaker List tab selected in the Toolbox
F1-F10 |
Speaker IDs 1 to 10 |
Shift F1-F10 |
Speaker IDs 11 to 20 |
Ctrl Shift F1-F10 |
Speaker IDs 21 to 30 |
Ctrl K |
Toggle scene marker |
? |
Clear current speaker colour |
Numpad 1 - 6 |
Cycles through colours as per colour order |
Place cursor at the required position in the text. Note that these keystrokes only function when the current subtitle has focus, i.e. the flashing cursor is displayed.
Ctrl B |
Bold (not Teletext) |
Ctrl I |
Italic (not Teletext) |
Ctrl U |
Underline (not Teletext) |
Ctrl T |
Toggle between Open Caption and Teletext for current subtitle (Teletext personality only) |
Ctrl L |
Toggle automatic text splitting on/off |
Ctrl ↓ (down arrow) |
Snake - move last word of current row to start of next row |
Ctrl ↑ (up arrow) |
Un-snake - move first word of next row to end of current row |
Ctrl 8 |
Move first word of current subtitle to end of previous subtitle |
Ctrl Shift 8 |
Move last word of previous subtitle to start of current subtitle |
Ctrl 9 |
Move last word of current subtitle to start of next subtitle |
Ctrl Shift 9 |
Move first word of next subtitle to end of current subtitle |
Ctrl Shift K |
Merges next subtitle to current subtitle regardless of cursor position |
Ctrl Alt K |
Merges previous subtitle to current subtitle regardless of cursor position |
Ctrl M |
Change case - toggles Title Case, UPPERCASE and lowercase |
Ctrl R or Tab* |
Reformat from cursor position (* User configurable option) |
7 |
Sentence text colour white |
Shift 7 |
Subtitle text colour white |
Ctrl 7 |
Sentence background colour black |
Ctrl Shift 7 |
Subtitle background colour black |
8 |
Sentence text colour yellow |
Shift 8 |
Subtitle text colour yellow |
Ctrl 8 |
Sentence background colour red |
Ctrl Shift 8 |
Subtitle background colour red |
9 |
Sentence text colour cyan |
Shift 9 |
Subtitle text colour cyan |
Ctrl 9 |
Sentence background colour blue |
Ctrl Shift 9 |
Subtitle background colour blue |
/ |
Sentence text colour green |
Shift / |
Subtitle text colour green |
Ctrl / |
Sentence text colour magenta |
Ctrl Shift / |
Subtitle text colour magenta |
* |
Sentence foreground colour picker |
Shift * |
Subtitle foreground colour picker |
Ctrl * |
Sentence background colour picker |
Ctrl Shift * |
Subtitle background colour picker |
+ |
Toggle add-on status of subtitle (Teletext personality only) |
Click here to learn more about changing colours. Click here to learn about changing colours with Integrated Dragon.
Ctrl Shift C |
Add a comment |
Ctrl Alt C |
Clear comment from current subtitle (or selected subtitles in Compact View) |
Ctrl D |
Move to next subtitle with comment |
Ctrl Shift D |
Move to previous subtitle with comment |
Ctrl E |
Move to next check mark |
Ctrl Shift E |
Move to previous check mark |
Return |
Save edit and return focus to subtitle |
Shift Return |
Create new row in comment field |
Esc |
Return focus to subtitle without saving edit |
Place cursor at the required position in the text
1 / 2 / 3 |
Left / Centre / Right position |
Shift 1 / 2 / 3 |
Left / Centre / Right justification |
Alt arrow keys |
Move subtitle 1 unit in given direction (4 Closed Caption horizontal cells) |
Ctrl Alt arrow keys |
Move subtitle 10 units / 2 Teletext cells / 1 Closed Caption cell in given direction |
Shift Alt arrow keys |
Move current row 1 unit in given direction (4 Closed Caption horizontal cells) |
Ctrl Shift Alt arrow keys |
Move current row 10 units / 2 Teletext cells / 1 Closed Caption cell in given direction |
Shift Alt Home |
Move current row to left position |
Shift Alt End |
Move current row to right position |
Enter |
Toggle raise/drop subtitle position |
Shift Enter |
Place subtitle at top of video screen |
Focus in SpeakTitle Window and List View
Ins |
Set/clear section start marker |
Del (Numpad) * |
Set/clear section end marker |
Ctrl Shift S |
Clear alignment of current section |
F11 |
Start Aligner |
* Note that these keys are configurable
The NumLock key should be enabled in order for these keystrokes to work correctly.
Shift Ins |
Fix IN time at current timecode value |
Shift Del |
Fix OUT time at current timecode value |
Ctrl Ins |
Set IN time as explicit at current timecode value |
Ctrl Del |
Set OUT time as explicit at current timecode value |
Tab |
Move focus (cursor) between subtitle, comments, IN time, duration, OUT time |
↑ (up arrow) |
Increase the time by 1 frame |
↓ (down arrow) |
Decrease the time by 1 frame |
Ctrl ↑ (up arrow) |
Increases the time by 5 frames |
Ctrl ↓ (down arrow) |
Decrease the time by 5 frames |
Ctrl 6 |
Increase the IN time by one frame |
Ctrl Shift 6 |
Decrease the IN time by one frame |
Ctrl 7 |
Increase the OUT time by one frame |
Ctrl Shift 7 |
Decrease the OUT time by one frame |
Ctrl - |
Toggle the fixed status of the IN time |
Ctrl + |
Toggle the fixed status of the OUT time |
Shift + |
Adjust OUT time of previous subtitle to match IN time of current subtitle |
Ctrl Shift + |
Adjust IN time of current subtitle to match OUT time of previous subtitle |
Ctrl Shift O
|
Display the Adjust Timecodes dialog to modify timecodes for a range of subtitles |
Ctrl Shift R |
Display the Re-Sync Timecodes dialog to modify timecodes for a range of subtitles |
* Note that these keys are configurable
The Video Control keystrokes are described here.
Pause |
Toggle microphone on/off |
Alt+I/D |
Change Text Size in SpeakTitle Window |
Alt+L |
Clears Text from the SpeakTitle Window |
Ctrl 1 |
Go to previous shot change |
Ctrl 3 |
Go to next shot change |
Ctrl Shift 1 |
Go to previous shot change or speech block IN time. |
Ctrl Shift 3 |
Go to next shot change or speech block IN time. |