Keyboard shortcuts in Transtool

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 

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 - &nbsp;
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