Adapt It uses some shortcut keys for commonly used commands. Here is a list, and a brief note about what they do:
Special key combination |
Definition |
Alternate key combination |
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Enter |
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Tab |
Shift+Enter |
Move the Phrase box backwards to the immediately preceding pile |
Shift+Tab |
Shift+Tab |
Move back |
Shift+Enter |
Shift+End |
Unmerge a source phrase. That is, separate the source phrase into a sequence of single words; this is a shortcut for the Unmerge toolbar button |
Ctrl+U |
Tab |
See Enter |
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Alt+Right Arrow |
Select from the active location rightwards, selecting in line 2 of the source text (or line 1 if only one line of source text is being shown) |
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Alt+Left Arrow |
Select from the Phrase box leftwards, selecting in line 2 of the source text (or line 1 if only one line of source text is being shown) |
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Alt+Up Arrow |
When a selection is current, causes the Retranslation dialog box to open for the selected text, but if no selection is current, the Retranslation dialog opens just on the text in the storage element at the current Phrase box location. |
Ctrl+R. |
Alt+Down Arrow |
Causes a placeholder to be inserted before the first selected storage element, or if none is selected, then it is inserted before the Phrase box. |
Ctrl+I. |
Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Causes a placeholder to be inserted after the last selected storage element, or if none is selected, then it is inserted after the Phrase box. |
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow |
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow |
Causes a placeholder to be inserted after the last selected storage element, or if none is selected, then it is inserted after the Phrase box. |
Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Alt+Enter (only when a selection is current) |
Merge selected storage elements into one, thereby making a source phrase at the active location, and select the contents of the phrase box. (What appears in the phrase box is determined by whether you have already typed something in it or not. If you have typed into it, or clicked in the box, or pressed the right or left arrow keys, then your typing is preserved. If you have not typed into it, and provided Copy Source is turned on, then source text is copied to the box – and if Use Consistent Changes is turned on, it is first run through the change tables before being shown in the box.) |
Ctrl+M. |
Up Arrow |
Scroll the main window up one strip at a time, same as if the vertical scroll bar's up arrow button were clicked |
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Down Arrow |
Scroll the main window down one strip at a time; same as if the vertical scroll bar's down arrow were clicked. |
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PgUp button |
Scroll the main window up by a page at a time, less one strip. |
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PgDn button |
Scroll the main window down by a page at a time, less one strip. |
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type any key |
When a selection is causes a merge of the selected storage elements, current and the active location is and the key typed becomes the first character of within the selection: the adaptation you are typing |
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F8 function key |
Open the Choose Translation dialog box at the current active location. |
Ctrl+L. |
F9 function key |
Open the Make A Retranslation dialog box at the current selection. |
Ctrl+R |
Ctrl+I |
Insert a placeholder into the source text (i.e. a placeholder) before a location - such as before the phrase box location, or before the start of a selection |
Alt+Down Arrow |
Ctrl+D |
Delete a placeholder |
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Ctrl+E |
Edit a retranslation |
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