Keyboard shortcuts - Q-Live

Ctrl N

New N32 rundown file

Ctrl O

Open existing N32 rundown file

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

Cue State

F9

Live Mode (toggle)

F10

Go on-air (toggle)

Ctrl Q

Open House Styles management dialog

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

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)

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
(with cursor on a flagged homophone)

Cycle through homophones

Ctrl Shift X

Disable subtitle from transmission (toggle)

Ctrl F7

Run a spell check

← (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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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