Keyboard Shortcuts

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Play/PauseSpace
Play selected word(s)Option-Space
Exit word editing mode, go back one second and playControl-Space
Move to previous wordLeft
Move to next wordRight
Move to first word of current or previous sentenceUp
Move to first word of current or previous speaker rangeOption-Up
Move to first word of next sentenceDown
Move to first word of next speaker rangeOption-Down
Rewind 5 secondsCommand-R
Rewind 10 secondsShift-Command-R
Slower playback speedCommand-[
Faster playback speedCommand-]
Expand or contract the current selectionShift-Left and Shift-Right

 

Word Changes (on selected word/s)

Delete selected word(s)Command-Delete
Remove punctuation on selected word(s)Option-Delete
Enter word editing mode and replace the current word(s) with the entered charactersAny non-punctuation character
Add or replace the character to the end of the word (the first character of the next word will automatically be changed to uppercase or lowercase as necessary)Any punctuation character (period, comma, semicolon, colon, question mark, exclamation mark)
Add a space and em-dash at the end of the wordHyphen (when single word is selected)
Replace spaces with hyphens or en-dashes (making a single word for timing purposes)Hyphen or en-dash (when multiple words are selected)
Wrap the selected word(s) in parenthesesParenthesis - either ( or )
Wrap the selected word(s) in square bracketsSquare bracket - either [ or ]
Enter word editing mode and delete the last characterDelete
Enter word editing mode and delete the first characterForward Delete
Enter or exit word editing modeReturn
Exit word editing mode and discard changesEscape
Join selected words together without spacesCommand-J
Make selected word(s) lowercaseShift-Down
Make first character of selected word(s) uppercaseShift-Up
Make all characters of selected word(s) uppercaseOption-Shift-Up
Add paragraph breakShift-Return
Delete paragraph breakShift-Delete
Toggle Favorite Range on selected wordsOption-F

 

Speaker Ranges

Add a new speaker range (on the selected word) and choose a speaker from the popup menuCommand-Return/Enter
Add a new speaker range (on the selected word) with the speaker set to the previous speaker (designed for use on conversations between two speakers)Option-Command-Return/Enter
Change the start of the current speaker range to the selected wordCommand-Up
Change the start of the next speaker range to the selected wordCommand-Down
Show the speaker menu for the current speaker rangeOption-Return/Enter