Rundown App Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts available when working in the Rundown app are listed in the following table. Some keystroke combinations only work when the cursor is located in a certain section of the app; the Focus column in the table specifies the section of the app when that is the case. For more information on the app and its sections, see Working with the Rundown App.

Shortcut	Description	Focus
Ctrl+S	Save story	General
Ctrl+E	Toggle the story’s edit lock on and off	General
Shift+Left Arrow	Select text one character at a time moving backward	Story section
Shift+Right Arrow	Select text one character at a time moving forward	Story section
Shift+Up Arrow	Select text one line at a time moving upward	Story body
Shift+Down Arrow	Select text one line at a time moving downward	Story body
Ctrl+]	Split the segment	Story body
Ctrl+X	Cut selection	Story section
Ctrl+C	Copy selection	Story section
Ctrl+V	Paste selection	Story section
Ctrl+B	Set selected text to bold	Cue List/Story body
Ctrl+I	Italicize selected text	Cue List/Story body
Ctrl+U	Underline selected text	Cue List/Story body
Ctrl+Alt+P	Turn on Presenter Instruction mode or mark selected text as presenter instructions	Story body
Alt+Insert	Insert production cue	Story body
Shift+Alt+Insert	Insert primary cue	Story body
Ctrl+Alt+M	Mark selected text as machine control instructions	Cue List
Ctrl+Alt+C	Turn on Closed Captioning mode or mark selected text as closed captioning text	Story body
Ctrl+Alt+N	Turn on Normal text mode or change selected text to normal font	Cue List/Story body
Ctrl+Alt+G	Create a Story Group	Queue section
Ctrl+Alt+V	Dissolve a Story Group	Queue section
Tab	Move to next form field	Story form
Shift+Tab	Move to previous form field	Story form
Ctrl+Shift+I	Insert a script template	Story body
Shift+Ctrl+F	Toggle display of the story form	Rundown app
Ctrl+P	Open the Queue/Story Print dialog	Rundown app