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4 Help

Shortcuts
Window Control Shortcuts Function

Main * F1 Show this help file ;)

Main * Ctrl+F Open the Find dialog

(customizable)

Main * F3 Find next

(customizable)

Main * Ctrl+z Show history/undo

(customizable)

Main * Ctrl+G Go to subtitle number

(customizable) dialog

Main * Ctrl+L Locates (scrolls to) first

(customizable) selected subtitle line in
the subtitle list view

Main * Alt+Arrow up Go one line up in

subtitle list view

Main * Alt+Arrow down Go one line down in

subtitle list view

Main * Ctrl+U Translator mode on/off

Main * Ctrl+Shift+U Switch current subtitle

(customizable) with original subtitle

Main * Ctrl+Shift+Insert Insert line before first

(customizable) selected line

Main Subtitle text box Ctrl+I Make selection italic

(customizable)

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Main Subtitle list view Ctrl+A Select all lines

Main Subtitle list view Ctrl+D Select only first

selected line

Main Subtitle list view Ctrl+Shift+I Inverse selection

Main Subtitle list view Delete Delete selected lines

Main Subtitle list view Alt+Insert Insert line after first

(customizable) selected line

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Window Control Shortcuts Function

Main * Ctrl+Shift+M Merge selected lines

(customizable)

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Main video Alt+Arrow left Go 0,5 second back in

player/waveform (customizable) video

Main video Alt+Arrow right Go 0,5 second forward

player/waveform (customizable) in video

Main video (customizable) Go 0,1 second back in

player/waveform video

Main video (customizable) Go 0,1 second forward

player/waveform in video

Main video Ctrl+Alt+P Pause video

player/waveform

Main video Ctrl+P Toggle play/pause

player/waveform video

Main video F4 Toggle position

player/waveform between end/start of
current paragraph

Main video F5 Play current paragraph

player/waveform and stop right after

Main video F6 Go to start of current

player/waveform paragraph

Main video F7 Go 3 seconds back

player/waveform

Main video F8 Toggle play/pause

player/waveform

Main video F9-F12 Depend on mode

player/waveform (translate/create/adjust)

Main video Alt+1 Go to start position of

player/waveform current paragraph

Main video Alt+2 Go to end position of

player/waveform current paragraph

Main video Alt+3 Go to previous

player/waveform paragraph

Main video Alt+4 Go to next paragraph

player/waveform

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Window Control Shortcuts Function

Main video Ctrl+Space Set start and offset the

player/waveform (customizable) rest
- Adjust mode

Main waveform Ctrl+Scroll Zoom in/out

wheel

Main waveform Ctrl+Shift+Scroll Vertical zoom in/out

wheel

Main waveform z Move 100ms back

Main waveform x Move 100ms forward

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Spell check - Ctrl+G Google current work

Spell check - Ctrl+Z Undo last spell check

action

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Undocked - Alt+A Resize window so

video player video is aspect ratio 1:1

Undocked - Alt+Enter Toggle

video player maximized/normal
window size

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OCR via - Alt+Arrow right Expand selection

image
compare -
Image to text
manually

OCR via - Alt+Arrow left Shrink selection

image
compare -
Image to text
manually

OCR via - Alt+i (depends Toggle italic

image on translation)
compare -
Image to text
manually

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Window Control Shortcuts Function

OCR via - Alt+f (depends Toggle auto-submit

image on translation) (automatically
compare - continues after first
Image to text pressed letter)
manually

Note - many of the shortcuts are configurable via Options -> Settings -> Shortcuts (let me know if you need
more):

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Note: Shortcuts in menus has a stricter validation than hidden shortcuts (e.g. [Shift+N] is not allowed in a menu
but is fine for a hidden shortcut).

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