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FD Win Keyboard Shortcuts

The document provides keyboard shortcuts and special keys for navigating and editing screenwriting documents in Final Draft 9. It lists shortcuts for general elements, navigation, formatting, selection, and more. Shortcuts include Control + numbers for elements and Control/Shift + letter keys. The Tab and Enter keys can be used to transition between different element types like scene headings, actions, characters, and dialogue.

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FD Win Keyboard Shortcuts

The document provides keyboard shortcuts and special keys for navigating and editing screenwriting documents in Final Draft 9. It lists shortcuts for general elements, navigation, formatting, selection, and more. Shortcuts include Control + numbers for elements and Control/Shift + letter keys. The Tab and Enter keys can be used to transition between different element types like scene headings, actions, characters, and dialogue.

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FINAL DRAFT 9

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Keyboard Shortcuts

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
GENERAL ELEMENT CONTROL + 0
SCENE HEADING CONTROL + 1
ACTION CONTROL + 2
CHARACTER CONTROL + 3
PARENTHETICAL CONTROL + 4
DIALOGUE CONTROL + 5
TRANSITION CONTROL + 6
SHOT ELEMENT CONTROL + 7
NEW DOCUMENT CONTROL + N
OPEN CONTROL + O
SAVE CONTROL + S
PRINT CONTROL + P
UNDO CONTROL + Z
REDO CONTROL + Y
CUT CONTROL + X
COPY CONTROL + C
PASTE CONTROL + P
SELECT ALL CONTROL + A
SELECT CURRENT SCENE CONTROL + SHIFT + A
FIND CONTROL + F
GO TO CONTROL + G
INSERT BOOKMARK CONTROL + M
INSERT SCRIPTNOTE CONTROL + J
SCENE NAVIGATOR CONTROL + SHIFT + S
SPELLING CONTROL + D
THESAURUS CONTROL + SHIFT + D
EDIT SCENE NUMBER CONTROL + SHIFT + J
MARK REVISED CONTROL + R
CLEAR REVISED CONTROL + SHIFT + R
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ELEMENT TAB/ENTER KEY SHORTCUTS


To Go From: To: Press:
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Scene Heading Part 1 Scene Heading Part 2 TAB


Scene Heading Part 2 Scene Heading Part 3 TAB
Scene Heading Part 3 Action ENTER
Scene Heading Part 2 Action ENTER
Action Action ENTER
Action Character ENTER + TAB
Action Shot CONTROL + 7
Action Transition CONTROL + 6
Action Scene Heading Type int. or ext.
Character Dialogue ENTER
Character Parenthetical TAB
Parenthetical Dialogue ENTER
Dialogue Action ENTER
Dialogue Character ENTER+TAB
Dialogue Scene Heading CONTROL + 1
Dialogue Transition CONTROL + 6
Dialogue Shot CONTROL + 7

SPECIAL KEYS
Page Up/Down Pages up or down one screen-full of text
Home Key Moves cursor to beginning of the line
End Key Moves cursor to end of the line
CONTROL + Home Key Moves cursor to beginning of the document
CONTROL + End Key Moves cursor to end of the document
CONTROL + Right Arrow Moves cursor to beginning of next word
CONTROL + Left Arrow Moves cursor to beginning of previous word
Up Arrow Moves cursor up a line
Down Arrow Moves cursor down a line
ALT + Up Arrow Moves screen up a line, but leaves cursor as is
ALT + Down Arrow Moves screen down a line, but leaves cursor as is
Shift + Right or Left Arrow Extends highlighted selection letter at a time
Shift + CONTROL + Right Arrow Extends highlighted selection word at a time
Shift + CONTROL + Left Arrow Extends highlighted selection word at a time

NUMERIC KEYPAD (active when “Num Lock” is off)


Arrow Up '8' key
Arrow Down '2' key
Arrow Left '4' key
Arrow Right '6' key
Page Up '9' key
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Page Down '3' key

Manual Carriage Returns


To manually place a carriage return (aka line break or hard return)...
...in the middle of a paragraph in order to space it differently, press Enter on the keyboard.

Pressing the Enter puts a carriage return at the insertion point and breaks the line. It can be used to format special
types of paragraphs, such as poems, lyrics, etc.

Space Before is the correct way to add blank space between paragraphs in most cases.

Reformatting
Occasionally, a paragraph will be formatted as the wrong element type. You can easily reformat the paragraph by
placing the blinking cursor anywhere in the paragraph and pressing Control + Shift + [#] -- "#" corresponds to the
number displayed for each element type in the Status bar at the bottom of the application window.

SmartType
Right-Arrow for Match Completion
If you are in a character name, character extension, location, time or transition and have typed in some text that
matches information in the appropriate list, pressing the Right Arrow key will complete the match (that is, it will put
the “suggested” text into the script) and place the cursor at the end of the paragraph.

First-Letter Method of Finding the Desired Text


When at the beginning of a character name, character extension, location, time or transition, pressing the same first
letter (e.g. n-n-n) will cycle through the items in the list starting with that letter instead of adding the letter to the line
and doing a match of the combined letters.

INT./EXT. Creates Scene Headings


If you type INT. or EXT. at the beginning of an action paragraph it will automatically become a scene heading.

Tab Key
The Tab key supplements the functions of the Enter key.

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