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# Caption Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

You don't have to always use your mouse to interact with the Caption Editor. You can see a list of the available keyboard shortcuts by clicking the gear icon, choosing Project Settings and clicking the Keyboard Shortcut tab in the modal that pops up.

 

The full list of shortcuts is listed in the 3 tables below.

### Captions

 

| **FUNCTION** | **KEYBOARD SHORTCUT** |
| --- | --- |
| Select next caption | Tab |
| Select previous caption | Tab - Shift |
| Select all captions | Ctrl - A |
| Show/hide captions over video | Shift - Ctrl - O |
| Edit current caption | Shift - Up |
| Merge with previous caption | Backspace |
| Undo | Ctrl - Z |
| Redo | Shift - Ctrl - Z |
| Search | Ctrl - F |
| Split caption | Ctrl - D |
| Move first word to previous caption | Ctrl - Up |
| Move last word to next caption | Ctrl - Down |
| Move first line to previous caption | Shift - Ctrl - Up |
| Move last line to next caption | Shift - Ctrl - Down |
| Move text at cursor up to previous caption | Ctrl - \[ |
| Move text at cursor down to next caption | Ctrl - \] |
| Select caption text in video window | Ctrl - Left |
| Delete selected captions | Shift - Backspace |
|  |  |
| Shift - Delete |  |

### Timing

 

| **FUNCTION** | **KEYBOARD SHORTCUT** |
| --- | --- |
| Set start time of a caption to current video time | Ctrl - S |
| Set end time of a caption to current video time | Ctrl - E |
| Clear end time of a caption | Shift - Ctrl - E |
| Decrease start time of current caption by one frame | Shift - \[ |
| Increase start time of current caption by one frame | Shift - \] |
| Decrease end time of current caption by one frame | Shift - Alt - \[ |
| Increase end time of current caption by one frame | Shift - Alt - \] |

### Playback

 

| **FUNCTION** | **KEYBOARD SHORTCUT** |
| --- | --- |
| Play/Pause video | Space |
| Go to previous frame | Shift - Ctrl - A |
| Go to next frame | Shift - Ctrl - F |
| Skip 5 sec Back | B |
| Skip 5 sec Forward | F |
| Preview 1 sec Back | Shift - B |
| Preview 1 sec Forward | Shift - F |
| Decrease playback speed | Ctrl - J |
| Increase playback speed | Ctrl - K |

You can also edit the shortcuts to something more familiar to you. Just click on the value you want to change and pick another key or set of keys to assign to that function.

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