Keyboard shortcuts in Transtool
IntroductionIn some new laptops default assignment to Function keys is increase/decrease desktop brightens, volume, stop/play music etc.
To get normal function key role (e.g F10) you actually have to press [Fn] key and then F key itself.
It is possible to change that behaviour for good (to make F keys working as normally they work), usually by changing BIOS options.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| F1 | Opens the Translators Knowledge Base help pages |
| Shift+F1-F10 | Insert quick text 1-10 (see Insert quick text) |
| F2 | Pick segment |
| Ctrl+F2 | Show translator comments dialog |
| Alt+F2 | Show single comment dialog |
| F3 | Copy down next code (one code) - see F3 shortcut for more details |
| Ctrl+F3 | Copy down next number - see F3 shortcut for more details |
| Alt+F3 |
Copy down next code pair. If a code has a corresponding end tag both start and end tag will be copied down. For example <b> and </b> will be copied together. See F3 shortcut for more details |
| Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Copy all next missing consecutive codes including white spaces between codes - see F3 shortcut for more details |
| F4 | Find in source |
| Ctrl+F4 | Find in translation |
| Alt+F5 | Copy source text to translation, this can be undone with Ctrl+Z; see also Ctrl+Q |
| Ctrl+F5 | Set/unset plain text mode |
| F6 | Transtool check from here |
| Ctrl+F6 | Transtool check from next paragraph |
| Alt+F6 | Unlock/re-lock paragraph |
| Ctrl+Alt+F6 | Transtool check all paragraphs |
| F7 | Spell check |
| Ctrl+F7 | Move focus to search results window |
| Alt+F7 | Move focus to Word Support (Terminology) window |
| F8 | Go to previous paragraph |
| Ctrl+F8 | Find external |
| Alt+F8 | Show grid (not used) |
| F9 | Go to paragraph |
| F10 | Go to next paragraph |
| Ctrl+F10 | Unlock paragraph and adapt case |
| Alt+F10 | Go to previous paragraph |
| Ctrl+Shift+F10 | Swap decimal period and comma |
| F11 | Open the QA-check "Ignore"-menu (if any check message can be ignored). The menu is opened in the same place as if the "Ignore" button was pressed. If a paragraph only has one remaining "not dealt with" stop, F11 performs the same functionality as Ctrl+F11, the QA check jumps to the next error. |
| Ctrl+F11 |
Accept all current messages in QA mode. When using this function no feedback message window is open. QA check jumps to the next error. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F11 | Popup accept menu in QA mode |
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F12 or Ctrl+Enter |
For validating Machine Translated paragraphs after post-editing. This shortcut also "Confirms" open paragraphs as reviewed (when this action is required for a particular project). i.e. F12 or Ctrl+Enter is the shortcut for the "Validate (F12)" / "Confirm (F12)" / "Validate and confirm (F12)" button The behaviour is customisable via the Settings menu, "Edit settings... (System INI file)", "Move to next unconfirmed/unvalidated paragraph on confirmation/validation". |
| Ctrl+F12 | Mark as internally processed (works only if enabled in Transtool as option of ExportTTCoded function) |
| Alt+F12 | Mark as non-recyclable |
| Ctrl+Up | Go to previous open paragraph |
| Ctrl+Shift+Up | Focus on previous term in Word Support (Terminology) window (previously Alt+Up) |
| Ctrl+Down | Go to next open paragraph |
| Ctrl+Shift+Down | Focus on next term in Word Support (Terminology) window (previously Alt+Down) |
| Ctrl+Shift+Insert | Insert selected Word Support (Terminology) term (previously Alt+Insert) |
| Right Shift + Right Ctrl | Right-to-Left mode. To go back, just press Left Shift + Left Ctrl. |
| Left Shift + Left Ctrl | Left-to-Right mode. to change it for RTL languages press Right Shift + Right Ctrl |
| Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar | Add a no-break space - |
| ESC | Return focus to the translation window |
| Ctrl+B | Add current paragraph as bookmark |
| Ctrl+Alt+B | Show bookmarks |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Mark paragraph as "complete", meaning it is skipped when navigating open paragraphs |
| Ctrl+D | Replace Arabic-Indic digits with Western-Arabic in selected text |
| Ctrl+Alt+D | Replace Western-Arabic digits with Arabic-Indic in selected text |
| Ctrl+E | Open the feedback dropdown list. If there is only one stop, Ctrl+E opens the feedback form. |
| Ctrl+F | Find in source |
| Ctrl+G | Go to paragraph |
| Ctrl+H | Find and replace |
| Ctrl+K | Cut the text from the cursor until the end of the paragraph, this can be undone with Ctrl+Z |
| Ctrl+L | Convert text to lowercase |
| Ctrl+N | Add <nb-text> tag. Can be undone (and redone) using Ctrl+Z (and Ctrl+Y) |
| Ctrl+Shift+N |
Remove all <nb-text> and </nb-text> tags from the current paragraph. Can be undone (and redone) using Ctrl+Z (and Ctrl+Y) |
| Ctrl+P | Toggle between all different cases (lowercase/UPPERCASE/Normal case/Mixed Case). If a text is selected then it applied only on the selection, else it is applied to all paragraph. |
| Ctrl+Q | Copy source text to translation, this can be undone with Ctrl+Z; see also Alt+F5 |
| Ctrl+Alt+Q | Save check messages for current paragraph to Excel file. |
| Ctrl+S | Save document |
| Ctrl+U | Convert text to UPPERCASE |
| Ctrl+W | Remove all codes |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |