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 N32 rundown file |
Ctrl O |
Open existing N32 rundown file |
Note: The F keys have alternative functions when the Speaker List is active
F1 |
Open help |
Alt 1 |
News View |
Alt 2 |
List View |
Alt 3 |
Compact View |
F5 |
Edit Mode |
F6 |
Fix Mode |
F7 |
Replay Mode |
F8 |
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F9 |
Live Mode (toggle) |
F10 |
Go on-air (toggle) |
Ctrl Q |
Open House Styles management dialog |
Ctrl Alt Q | Open Shortforms management dialog |
Esc |
Cycle between subtitle display, Toolbox and SpeakTitle window |
Ctrl Shift Tab |
Navigate between files |
[Tab] on Toolbox |
Cycle through the controls in the current Toolbox tab |
[Ctrl+Tab] on Toolbox |
Cycle through the Toolbox tabs |
Click here to learn how to navigate around the Toolbox using the Tab and Arrow keys.
Alt PageUp |
Go to previous story |
Alt PageDown |
Go to next story |
Ctrl PageUp |
Go to first subtitle of current story |
Ctrl PageDown |
Go to last subtitle of current story |
Ctrl ↑ (up arrow) or PageUp |
Go to previous subtitle |
Ctrl ↓ (down arrow) or PageDown |
Go to next subtitle |
F2 |
Add new story |
Shift F4 |
Delete current story |
Shift F7 |
Rename current story |
Shift F9 |
Delete all stories |
Shift PageUp |
Move current story up |
Shift PageDown |
Move current story down |
Ctrl F6 |
Raise current story |
Shift F6 |
Drop current story |
Ctrl F7 |
Clear all review markers |
F3 |
Set story status to complete |
Ctrl F3 |
Set story status to checked |
Shift F3 |
Set story status to incomplete |
Ctrl F5 |
Switch to the updated version of the current story |
Shift F11 |
Keep current story version (i.e. discard updated version(s)) |
Ctrl A |
Select all stories (with focus on the Story List) |
Ctrl C |
Copy the selected stories to the clipboard (with focus on the Story List) |
Ctrl X |
Cut the selected stories to the clipboard (with focus on the Story List) |
Ctrl V |
Paste cut or copied stories below the selected story (with focus on the Story List) |
Place cursor at the required position in the text
Return |
Create new blank subtitle |
Shift Return |
Split row into 2 lines |
Ctrl Return |
Split subtitle, creating new subtitle |
Delete |
Delete next character (merges with next subtitle if cursor is at end of subtitle) |
Ctrl Delete |
Delete forwards word |
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 |
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 Ctrl Shift - |
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 |
Ctrl G |
Go to subtitle/timecode |
Ctrl F |
Open Find dialog |
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
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 M |
Change case - toggles Title Case, UPPERCASE and lowercase |
F4 or Tab* |
Reformat text from cursor position. (* User configurable option) |
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 Shift 9 (main keyboard) |
Move first word of next subtitle to end of current subtitle |
Ctrl Shift K (main keyboard) |
Merges next subtitle to current subtitle regardless of cursor position |
Ctrl 8 (main keyboard) |
Move first word of current subtitle to end of previous subtitle |
Ctrl Shift 8 (main keyboard) |
Move last word of previous subtitle to start of current subtitle |
Ctrl 9 (main keyboard) |
Move last word of current subtitle to start of next subtitle |
Ctrl Shift 9 (main keyboard) |
Move first word of next subtitle to end of current subtitle |
7 (Numpad) |
Sentence text colour white |
Shift 7 (Numpad) |
Subtitle text colour white |
Ctrl 7 (Numpad) |
Sentence background colour black |
Ctrl Shift 7 (Numpad) |
Subtitle background colour black |
8 (Numpad) |
Sentence text colour yellow |
Shift 8 (Numpad) |
Subtitle text colour yellow |
Ctrl 8 (Numpad) |
Sentence background colour red |
Ctrl Shift 8 (Numpad) |
Subtitle background colour red |
9 (Numpad) |
Sentence text colour cyan |
Shift 9 (Numpad) |
Subtitle text colour cyan |
Ctrl 9 (Numpad) |
Sentence background colour blue |
Ctrl Shift 9 (Numpad) |
Subtitle background colour blue |
/(Numpad) |
Sentence text colour green |
Shift / (Numpad) |
Subtitle text colour green |
Ctrl / (Numpad) |
Sentence text colour magenta |
Ctrl Shift / (Numpad) |
Subtitle text colour magenta |
* (Numpad) |
Sentence foreground colour picker |
Shift * (Numpad) |
Subtitle foreground colour picker |
Ctrl * (Numpad) |
Sentence background colour picker |
Ctrl Shift * (Numpad) |
Subtitle background colour picker |
+ (Numpad) |
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 comment |
Ctrl Shift D |
Move to previous comment |
Ctrl E |
Move to next check mark |
Ctrl Shift E |
Move to previous check mark |
Return (focus in comment field) |
Save edit and return focus to subtitle |
Shift Return (focus in comment field) |
Create new row in comment field |
Esc (focus in comment field) |
Return focus to subtitle without saving edit |
Place cursor at the required position in the text
1 / 2 / 3 (Numpad) |
Left / Centre / Right position |
Shift 1 / 2 / 3 (Numpad) |
Left / Centre / Right justification |
Alt arrow keys |
Move subtitle 1 unit in given direction |
Ctrl Alt arrow keys |
Move subtitle 10 units (2 Teletext lines) in given direction |
Shift Alt arrow keys |
Move line 1 unit in given direction |
Ctrl Shift Alt arrow keys |
Move line 10 units (2 Teletext lines) in chosen direction |
Shift Alt Home |
Move current row to left position |
Shift Alt End |
Move current row to right position |
Enter (Numpad) |
Toggle raise/drop subtitle position |
Shift Enter (Numpad) |
Place subtitle at top of video screen |
The NumLock key should be enabled in order for these keystrokes to work correctly
Ins (Numpad) * |
Fix IN time at current timecode value |
Del (Numpad) * |
Fix OUT time at current timecode value |
Ctrl Ins (Numpad) |
Set IN time as explicit at current timecode value |
Ctrl Del (Numpad) |
Set OUT time as explicit at current timecode value |
Tab, Shift Tab |
Move focus (cursor) between subtitle, comments, IN time, duration, OUT time |
↑ (up arrow) (with focus on timecode) |
Increase the time by 1 frame |
↓ (down arrow) (with focus on timecode) |
Decrease the time by 1 frame |
Ctrl ↑ (up arrow) (with focus on timecode) |
Increases the time by 5 frames |
Ctrl ↓ (down arrow) (with focus on timecode) |
Decrease the time by 5 frames |
Ctrl 6 (main keyboard) |
Increase the IN time by one frame |
Ctrl Shift 6 (main keyboard) |
Decrease the IN time by one frame |
Ctrl 7 (main keyboard) |
Increase the OUT time by one frame |
Ctrl Shift 7 (main keyboard) |
Decrease the OUT time by one frame |
Ctrl - (Numpad) |
Toggle the fixed status of the IN time |
Ctrl + (Numpad) |
Toggle the fixed status of the OUT time |
Shift + (Numpad) |
Adjust OUT time of previous subtitle to match IN time of current subtitle |
Ctrl Shift + (Numpad) |
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 |
With Live Mode selected
Ins |
Cue current subtitle to TX |
Del |
Delete current subtitle from TX |
F11 |
Holds current subtitle on-air |
PageUp/Down |
Move focus to previous/next subtitle |
Shift Ins |
Start Live Replay |
Shift Del |
Stop Live Replay |
Shift PageUp/Down |
Nudge Live Replay timecode source +/- 5 frames |
Enter |
Toggle raise/drop subtitle position (override) |
Shift Enter |
Place subtitle at the top of the video screen (override) |
Ctrl Shift Q |
Opens the Edit User DEFAULT dialog window for Quick User Shortforms |
7/8/9/[/]/[*] With Mic On |
Change colour at beginning of next sentence |
7 / 8 / 9 / [/] / [*] |
Override foreground colour white/yellow/green/cyan/magenta |
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 |
Alt+Pause |
Toggle ASR Input Window button on/off |